Hey Christine! We leave for Buffalo tonight around Dinner time. In the meantime, I'll let you know how last night and today went! I'm updating as I upload so it will be little bit by suspensful little bit!
Our day yesterday started off with a frantic search for Mickey wrapping paper after church. We had been searching for a MONTH for Mickey wrapping paper to no avail. The had tons of Cars, HSM and Princess. Princess wrapping paper we grabbed for Ainsley, but both Cars and HSM I feel are inappropriate for watching, so I certainly wasnt' about to go and grab the wrapping paper. Finally, Ken had the great idea to check Party City and WOO HOOO! Mickey Mouse Club House wrapping paper and Pooh wrapping paper! We get home, have an early dinner and get the kids to bed around 7 - 2 hours earlier than normal. Ainsley falls asleep right away. Nathaniel on the other hand stayed awake for a LONG time, and at one point walks out as we wrap his presents (the "Guess where" one). I give him a hard time, telling him if he saw it, I would be returning it. HE PROMISES the only thing he saw were boxes...he he he. We tell him he may not come out, if he needs us, then he needs to call for us. Just as we start to wrap, guess who joins us? Ephraim....but wait a minute....we left him on the other side of the room....HE LEARNED TO CRAWL! Needless to say, that made wrapping things a bit difficult because we could no longer leave him on the other side of the room and assume he would stay put.
The Finished product:
After the "Guess Where" present was assembled, we wrapped the sharpee Markers and added the autograph cards to the clip boards.
Then we decorated the kitchen to get ready for their birthday breakfast
After that, we started the T shirt making!!

This brought back memories of making T Shirts with my cousin Joe before heading to a third eye blind concert. I didn't even remember the memory until I started.
Our assembly line:
We had gotten a few of the Tshirts done when suddenly we hear the wind. It was so loud it was ROARING! I mention to Ken that the weather bug had been flashing, better go see why. Turns out there is a wind advisory. No big deal, right? Right. Until the lights start to flicker. Better get those T shirts done!
As you can see, we didn't make it! The lights went out around midnight, so that was the end of our t shirt making adventure until the morning. We finished decorating the kitchen by flashlight, straightened up the house and went to bed. The lights going out wound up being a blessing. It helped us go to sleep early AND it prevented Nathaniel from seeing the kitchen set up when he wandered out into the kitchen a little while later looking for a glass of water!