Smiling Mom

Last night we had the long awai­ted cele­bra­tion. Since Hubby had the flu for his pro­mo­tion and party, we resche­du­led the re-do for last night. I began the shop­ping on Wed­nes­day, baking and laundry on Thurs­day, clea­ning and set­ting up yes­ter­day. For­tu­na­tely with Hubby’s less stress­ful work sche­dule, he was around for a good chunk of time on Wed­nes­day and Thurs­day and all day on Fri­day to help out. It was very easy to get ready for this party since Hubby work sche­dule is so much less hec­tic. We had the house vir­tually ready to go by 3:00 for our 7:00 party. Not bad!

Bac­king up to Thurs­day, Hubby the kids and I went for a two mile walk to Star­bucks and back. BC rode his tricycle and eClaire was in the stroller.

BC on his trike!

While we were out, I got a call from a friend, Mrs. I. She asked if I could watch her dar­ling daugh­ters for a few hours. No pro­blem! They pla­yed with eClaire while BC slept and I clea­ned out the fridge, tho­roughly. It was awe­some! As Mrs. I was lea­ving my house, she sug­ges­ted that her daugh­ters would love it if BC came over and spend the night.… so he did!! I pac­ked his bags, put him in the car and waved, “Bye, bye!”

2 1/2 years old and already has had his first slee­po­ver! It was such a bles­sing because Mrs. I gave me the gift of time Thurs­day eve­ning to bake sugar coo­kies, 4 chee­se­ca­kes, two dif­fe­rent types of cho­co­late chip coo­kies, and time on Fri­day mor­ning to clean the house. BC came home at 1:30 Fri­day after­noon, ate and took a nap until 4:00. This was a good thing because he sta­yed up until 9:00 p.m. pla­ying with the other kids who came to the party.

I guess HM, girl to the right of green-haired BC in the pic­ture said to BC in the car, “BC, do you want to sleep with me tonight?” to which BC res­pon­ded, “Yes, I do. I really, really do!” So cute… but if this con­ver­sa­tion hap­pens again in another 10 years… Lord help me!

Any­way, the party was a fan­tas­tic suc­cess. May more kids came than I was expec­ting, but all young ones had a blast. There was more alcohol here than we will ever use. Beer, cigars, wine and des­sert was loved by all in atten­dance. But mostly, we were surroun­ded by friends and family that have made a dif­fe­rence in our lives. The eclec­tic group of peo­ple meshed so well, and many sta­yed until the wee hours of the night. Our last guests left around 1:30 this mor­ning. It was so much fun. Hubby has been a really hard wor­ker, and is now begin­ning to see the fruits of his labor. I am so proud of him.

I char­ged my camera last night but, of course, I for­got to take pic­tu­res. The only pic­tu­res I have are of the kids, not the party. So I’ll leave you today with the best pic­ture of the cutest girl. eClaire gets today’s award for being the most ado­ra­ble child I’ve ever come across!! She is found, at all times, with at least three nec­kla­ces around her neck, clutching a purse and tal­king on a cell phone. Honestly, girls are so dif­fe­rent than boys!

Stop by and have a glass of wine with me, one of these days. I have tons left!!

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