This weekend we hosted yes another birthday bash. As promised when I met Leo, this is an annual event not to be missed. He sure is lucky he found a girl who likes to entertain. The two of us do a pretty good job of it.
To start the week, we had Grandpa Truck and Babci here for a visit. They arrived with an abundance - no, an overabundance - of NY bread. Bagels, rolls, pretzels, rye bread, challah and my request of 3 lbs of rugula, all from Rockland Bakery. Well, I didn't request 3 lbs of the pastry but I'm not complaining about having a few left still. Yum! We didn't do too much other than hang around and play. Despite his recent knee surgery, Truck did ok keeping up with Nathan. There was lots of time swinging, playing ball and being silly inside too. It was nice for me to get out and do some things without a little boy hanging around me. Going to the store has gotten harder since Nathan demands to walk instead of ride in shopping carts which always leads to touching, pushing, dumping, knocking and playing with everything at his eye level. Yes, it's much easier to do it without him. So I took advantage of the extra hands at home to go out and do stuff.
Party day started with an early visit from Nonni and Poppi who couldn't stay for the evening festivities. But it was nicer to just spend time with them first. Gigi and Grandpa Ed came too so Nathan and Logan (who came with Nonni and Poppi) were spoiled by all the attention for a while. We hung out outside while Leo took care of a live football draft in the living room. I don't have much to say about that - a bunch of football freaks sitting around quietly concentrating on their lists and picks. We shared pizzas and then relaxed in the lull between football and party time.
By 6pm the party was in full swing. Family, friends, neighbors and acquaintances old and new - we had a full house. Probably around 40 people in and out, including lots of kiddies running around making messes and keeping each other busy. I kept it simple this year and got sandwiches and chicken fingers from Harris Teeter, as well as a cookie birthday cake. Unfortunately, Leo was so busy being a good host (and playing games I'm sure) that he only got a half a finger and no cake. :( I will make it up to him with his favorite dinner tonight I think!
It was also our friend Heather's birthday, her 30th, so we made sure to include her in the festivities as well. Kaitie made a pinata filled with all sorts of goodies that the kids loved knocking down. I think Leo eventually busted it open. Eleni bought a giant container of cream puffs from BJ's which was even better than the cookie cake I think. Everyone brought food to share and it was pretty much all gone by the end. We were all stuffed!
The crowd cleared out by 11p or so (early for us!) and I flopped into bed a half hour later. We were hoping Nathan would follow our lead and sleep in the next day. We did let him stay up until about 10:30p. He was such a good boy running in and out and playing with all the big kids. (Our friends are amazing btw, all of them keeping an eye out and hanging out with him. We even have a handful of offers to come watch him!) He was still going strong only minutes before i called for bedtime, he was just rubbing his eyes as he ran around. He went down easy. But he didn't find it necessary to catch up on sleep the next morning. At 7a I set him up in front on Mickey with some milk and he was happy as can be. Thank you Walt Disney - I love you!
Sunday was low key. Truck left to go to Kerri's for a few days and we took our time coming to life. I had to clean up from the party and do laundry. I definitely earned the two hour nap that I enjoyed later on. It was heavenly. Even Nathan slept for two hours.
Today is Leo's birthday and, as mentioned, I have a birthday dinner to create. The heat here is not nearly as bad as it had been so I'm sure we'll get out into the fresh air too. I'll have to post pictures of my other project - the bedroom. It will be complete soon so stay tuned.
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