- Whoops! I’m a Dear Abby “Don’t.” I guess it’s not cool to serve alcohol to adults at a child’s party. I served margaritas at Daphne’s party last year. But, you know, that attitude irritates me. If you have responsible adults, not having more than 1 drink, I don’t see the big deal. Now, if people were getting trashed, that’s a different story. Anyway, the article I linked to goes on to discuss more than the Dear Abby thing. And I thought it was interesting, because for the first time today I took Daphne to a sit down restaurant by myself and had 1 drink, which I didn’t even finish. I kept looking around to see if anyone would give me a dirty look like I was being an irresponsible parent.

- I will be serving IZZE, or maybe the Italian sodas from Whole Foods at Daphne’s party and plan on printing out these custom labels from Creature Comforts for the bottles.

- “You say it’s your birthday. It’s my birthday too, yeah!” Actually it is my birthday today, and it’s also Lisa Leonard’s. And we are both 35. Wait, that’s a lie. I’m 36. Don’t tell anyone. I have two of Lisa’s fabulous necklaces (both personalized with Daphne’s name) and highly recommend them. Pop on over to her blog to get a necklace free with your $100 order today. Here are mine:

- My child will not eat sandwiches. Completely refuses them. I wonder how she’d react to a sandwich creation like these from Funky Lunch. They might freak her out. She has a Dora ice cream bar that she got from the ice cream truck last week and I don’t think she realizes it’s edible. She keeps saying “Dora” and “eyes” and pointing to Dora’s black gumball eyes.

- We spent Sunday with my dad at the beach. We went almost to the edge of the island (Galveston) and the water was so much clearer. I think we were at beach access point 25 or 26. I got smart and slathered on SPF 50 sunscreen, then topped that with SPF 85 Sport spray. Unfortunately, I forgot the back of my legs. So guess what burned? Yeah, I can’t catch a break.

- I’m trying to wean myself off afternoon naps, because after Daphne’s birthday I will be going back to work. One of my dad’s employees is going back home to Ethiopia for a month and I will be filling in. And I don’t want to be asleep at my desk everyday at 2. It’s hard. I will miss my naps.