double booked

today we were double-booked for the first time. not that we haven't had two (or ten) things scheduled at the same time, but this was the first time where two kids with activities that required parents and the other two were not invited. madelyn had a birthday party at chuck e. cheese and mason had a birthday party at a friend's house. thankfully, we knew the family hosting mason's party fairly well (the mom used to be a nurse at matt's hospital) and were able to ask if we could drop him off.  

the monkeys watching me wrap the birthday presents before the parties.  i just thought it was funny that they were sitting in a straight line.

so matt dropped off mason at his party, met madelyn and me at a community halloween event with the other two and then went to run some errands with them while madelyn and i headed over to chuck e. cheese.  

littles making bird feeders at the community event.

this is one of the challenges of not living near family. i know that we have friends and neighbors who would have been more than happy to help us out but i hate to ask if we can make it work (honestly, we would do the same thing if we did have family living nearby). this was just the first time we ran into it. love.