Birthday parties are a lot of work aren’t they? I hope your cake turned out great. I love butterflies! Can’t wait to see a picture.

First, a HUGE thank you for the fantastic post on my blog. Because of your inspiration my desk is actually cleared off! Second, many thanks for the kind words. You also seem wonderful and I would gladly forgo French fries for an hour of cheesecake and conversation!

My thoughts are with you this weekend as you take on six kids in the house. I, too, will be spending part of the next couple of days wiping greasy handprints off of my sliding glass doors.

My daughter’s second birthday is tomorrow and for some reason I felt compelled to invite all of her friends and their parents over for cake and other foods that allow you to leave long, greasy fingerpainted steaks all over our stuff–even though she couldn’t care less.

I’m in the process of making a butterfly shape cake (with lots of greasy-hand-inducing butter) and will post the results next week–unless I follow your lead and attempt to stay in bed and recuperate.

Hang in there!