Mar
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Friday’s birthday/birthday party came and went. It was a pretty good party overall. Everybody except for one invitee came (she had a very good reason, and we’ll be arranging a playdate where there are less critters to contend with). The kids seemed to have a good time – no tears, and nobody seemed really eager to leave when their parents showed up.
School Girl came up with a couple of the games herself, and those went over very well indeed. One of the most successful games happened by accident last year – the Balloon Battle. This year I moved the sharpest pieces of furniture well out of the way, so nobody got hurt. The “pin-the-mic-on-Hannah” game was a good one too.
Our cake was disappointingly small, but very tasty (I hear). There was plenty of pizza and lemonade to take up the slack, so nobody went home starving. It never fails to surprise me how a group of 7-and-8-year-old girls can eat…
In short, all the kids seemed to have a great time, School Girl got a bunch of really nice presents, and it was easily the fastest 2 hours I’ve experienced in ages. And School Girl gets to do this all again next week, for a friend’s birthday/sleepover.
The next day, School Girl woke up with a hacking deep cough that made me run for the inhaler and K run for the phone. Our visit won’t be happening until next week.
