After a lot of stressing, the Weather Bunny helped us out yesterday. And I think it’s safe to say that the party was a success. It started out sunny, got a little overcast and then the rumblings (as in, of thunder) started, but not until close to the end of the party. There was plenty of swimming, water table and sand box playing and eating.
Leo did well. He shared his toys like a rock star (mostly). Didn’t cry too much when one of his classmates popped him in the face with a plastic truck (not on purpose). He handled the crowd well and was quite social. He only tried to go into the house twice. Once he tried to turn on the t.v. (can you so say overstimulated?) and another time he tried to stay in the kitchen to have his own private dance party. We turned off the iPod and that took care of that. We’ve had an issue in the past with Leo getting overstimulated at parties and wanting to leave. I hope he's outgrown that.
Ellie was an angel. She is such a mellow, sweet girl. I worry sometimes that she doesn’t get enough attention (ah the plight of the second child). She is so happy to sit in her high chair and munch on Veggie Booty.
We got through the singing of the birthday song and the decorating of cupcakes (which ended up being the “entertainment,” a big hit, I think) without a weather event. The rain did come eventually, but the party was winding down anyway. The celebration moved inside, we did a bit more playing and with that, the big one/four celebration was over.
And I would like to have posted evidence of all the fun but when I went to download all the pictures this morning I got some weird error message saying the files were unreadable. Oh how lovely. You know me and pictures. I am trying to remain calm. When things settle down a bit at work (we are still in a crazed time) I will go downtown to this fancy camera shop that also helps with technical problems and see if they can help. The odd thing is that according to my camera, I have pictures. The computer is just not reading the files. I am hoping it’s something as simple as a setting, a switch that needs to be, well, switched.
The party went by so quickly. I feel like I was on a carousel spinning around, talking to a hundred people (really there were only about 25, including kids) and suddenly I was kissing and hugging people goodbye. It scares me sometimes, how these big life events just fly by. And the older the kids get, the older I get, life just seems to speed up, daily. I want to savor every moment, and I try, but it’s so hard. And I feel like I’m going to turn around and the kids are going to be in high school and not speaking to me and then grown up and moving thousands of miles away.
I realize I am getting a bit ahead of myself. I know, I do this.
I am grateful we have so many wonderful friends from so many different walks of life, to share our lives with. Sometimes I feel very alone—everyone is so busy and it can be so hard to connect but when you do, it’s a beautiful thing.
And I still can’t believe I have a one-year old and a four-year old.
1 comment:
I'm so glad it went well. We had huge rainstorms here, I was worried about your party.
Bummer about the pictures though! I hope you get them eventually.
On this: "We’ve had an issue in the past with Leo getting overstimulated at parties and wanting to leave." Probably not the same thing, but *I* often want to leave parties in the middle of them. Sometimes you just need peace & quiet.
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