Little R's Birthday Party

Well, Little Rs birthday party was a success. It started out subdued but by the end it was pretty rowdy. I started having a mini meltdown as the scheduled start time neared, thinking no one would show up. The first guest arrived 5 minutes early. Others soon followed and all who said they were coming did come. That was a relief. I'll never forget the year when she was much younger and only one kid showed up. We ended up taking them to an amusement park instead. That experience was traumatic. But I digress. I think a good time was had by all. I think I had the timing off a little, it was a long party. Just before the 11 p.m end, one of our neighbours set off fireworks 2 yards over, that was a bonus. Once the boys and those not staying over left, Little R insisited on coming in to watch a movie before retiring to the tents in the backyard. They watched The Blair Witch Project and then went out to their tents, shudder. I didn't get to bed until 2 a.m. Mr. Man got me up around 9 - 9:30 this morning and we bundled into the car. We took 4 kids to our favourite little place for breakfast. Then we had to drop them all off at home all over the county. It was fun. Today has been very muggy, humid and rainy. Apparently there was thunder early in the morning, before I got up.

D.W was here all day helping out. He single handedly put up both tents, which turns out to be a simple task, what do I know about tents? He helped hauling firewood. He helped blowing up balloons. He helped set up the games net. He was a very big help. It was very windy all day. We weren't sure the tents and balloons were gonna make it. And it was looking pretty sketchy for having a bonfire too. But it did eventually mellow out enough for the fire.

So, here's pictures...