I survived!!!!

The party went according to plan, mostly. I was a little terse when I kept getting crowded by kids wanting to get at Smiles present that I was trying to rip out of a box. Lol that was fun. At least three of my nails had to be trimmed because they are incredibly weak right now and broke during this excution. Sigh! But the weather was lovely and Auntie Ski was fabulous as a cohost for the games and she even got the coolest party decorations. My mother in law supplied a pirate Pinata which the HIT of the party. I was able to do the crawl through the fort, throw a cannonball (basketball) into a hoop, walk the gangplank and then hit the Pinata for the TREASURE!!!! They went through that line-up around four or five times before I finally called it quits and let Auntie Ski smack it (by the way I think she bent the Pinata stick). A few good whacks from her and down came the treasure in all its candy glory.

Then it was time for presents and cake. All the kids had fun and were very cute. Little H from across the back alley unfortunately was sick and could not make it so after the party Smiles and I took a Loot bag and a piece of cake over to her house for her. Then it was a quick cleanup and Hubby tried to get in a nap but failed because Grandma and Grandpa showed up. Lol. We did not have any appetizers like usual mainly because Hubby tried to take the nap and he was not feeling well. Sigh. It's a perpetual cycle it seems. But the family party went very well and Smiles was quite happy with all her loot from the two parties.

Okay here I have to boast. Of all the presents the one that got the reaction of Eyes wider than saucers and the toy getting hugged before it was even out of the box was mine! She has been wanting a stroller for her dolls for a long time now and when we walk home from school she'll pretend that we have our baby sisters with us and she's pushing their stroller. She even goes so far that if we are walking with Baby C whom Little B's mom takes care of - she wants to push the baby's stroller. So when I saw the toy stroller in the store I had to get it for her. She currently has it by her bed sitting there with dolls and stuffies in it. She loves it! The other toy that she was cuddling when she went to bed was the huge white teddy bear that Little B got her. I know she likes the other toys and is thrilled to have them but those two make me very happy.

Raven, Bear was the one who ended up playing with the Dora mega block set just so you know! Smiles did a little but she was more interested in taking pictures with HER camera. It came with a Bratz doll (hhhrrrmmmm as Marge from the Simpsons would say) but Little M's mom was nice enough to send a roll of film with the package. So now I'll have to go develop that roll. Haha! So once again we had a lovely time and I was glad that most of the kids that we invited made it. We would have had only eight but I saw Little B's brother R in the neighbours yard and had to invite him to come over too. So in the end we had nine kids and I had two wonderful helpers in Star and Auntie Ski. Star and Cosmic stayed even though they did not have to and I am glad they did because Star got some fantastic photos of the event. Yeah!!! I should go to bed soon I am tired. Except I had at least three pieces of cake today and I think I am still buzzing on the sugar high. LOL!