I possibly had way too much cake this weekend

At the beginning of the weekend, this is how we felt:

After a wedding and three birthday parties, we were more like this:

Faithful readers will understand just how busy we were when I say we didn't even have time to watch one stinkin' movie all weekend. Drastic, I know.

One of the birthday parties was at a super nice restaurant and I'm pretty sure it was my vision of heaven because the food and wine just kept on coming. We enjoyed:

• four appetizers
• salad and bread
• three entrees
• two more entrees
• dessert

Clearly, I have no excuse to eat until August. Madeline managed to eat a ton and still had room for three biscotti after dessert and coffee. At that point in the evening, eating meant she wasn't causing a raucous so I let her.

I wish I had video of her because after all that food (and since this was after the wedding and another birthday party) she was incredibly slap-happy around 10 p.m. Madeline's version of slap-happy means screaming and laughing when someone so much as blinks in her direction.

I think the waitstaff didn't know what to do with a sugar-crazed 2-year-old but they finally gave in and laughed with her. They also kept supplying her with the biscotti.

In other totally unrelated but just as important news, Madeline finally donned the dinosaur suit at the Children's Museum. She had no interest in wearing it for the past 14 months but Friday was finally the day.

I closed my mind to the looming 3 trazillion germs inside the gloves and focused on how cute she would be. It's not every day you get to see your daughter with a tail.

But you better believe I sanitized her the second those gloves were off.

P.S. I think one's week has room for improvement when my highlight is Thursday night because it will include honey chicken kabobs and SYTYCD.

P.S.S. Jen, Wal-Mart has six different ice trays.