well, technically, she turned 5 a few days ago. her birthday party just so happened to be on sunday. and what better way to celebrate my niece's birthday than to have a pinkalicious pajama party. (it was kaleigh's idea.) now, i suck at the pinkalicious pajama party.
as evident from the name, the theme for the party was to wear pajamas... preferably pink... to her celebration. unfortunately, i don't wear pajamas to bed. and for those who are curious, no... i do not sleep in the buff either. i generally wear t-shirt and shorts to bed... much like what i wear during the day, i guess.
(pictured below is kaleigh twirling a rope like a lasso.)
anyway, the party was fun. good thing the party was not a dress up party like last year. (yes, kaleigh likes to make us work for her parties.) imagine... i would have died in the winnie the pooh costume yesterday due to the warm weather. as it was, it was hot wearing sleeping attire. it got so hot at one point, that the air conditioning had to be turned on.
regardless, my favorite sister-in-law (janine) did a great job as usual planning the event. kaleigh seemed to enjoy herself. karen's grandfather was pretty funny too... showing up in his yankees pajamas.
i actually had a moment where i almost lost my composure during the party, which probably would not have been good. there was some unrelated talk about the upcoming mother's day and plans with all of that.
karen and i had talked about the upcoming months and how mother/father's day were probably going to be rough on us... having lost our son (braden) just last year. i realize it's life and that's how things are. nonetheless, i did start to let my mind drift during kaleigh's party and think of what things could have been like... which is always a bad thing. sadly, i find that for me, it is sometimes hard not to think about braden especially at a child's birthday party.
the feeling always puts me in a pickle because i feel and know it's unfair to my niece, or nephew, or whoever's child i am there to celebrate with. i'm not even catholic and i have guilt issues... sad. anyway, i was lucky enough to pull myself together in janine's bathroom. so, i didn't let my mind drift too much yesterday.
regardless, it was great party and it was fun. happy birthay kaleigh!
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