Birthday Party

M&M's birthday party turned out well yesterday. We had planned to have it at the park, but it was raining. So that morning we decided to change the location to our house. That meant some last-minute scrambling to get the house ready and bake cakes. (We had planned to just buy a cake, since we'd be at the park and wouldn't have to worry about crumbs in the house.)


There was a family gathering planned after the service at DH's parents' church, so he took the older girls to that. With some help from Morning and a lot of "stash and dash"-style picking up, we managed to get the house presentable. I made a chocolate zucchini cake and managed to come up with a recipe on the fly for the pink cake M&M really wanted.

The party was a lot of fun. We didn't end up having any structured activities; just let the kids play, had sandwiches, opened gifts, ate cake, and handed out little bags of party favors (toys from the dollar store). There were 15 kids and 13 adults, so almost 30 people if I'm counting right. All the kids seemed to have a great time, judging by the number of tears we had when it was time to leave. :) Most importantly, M&M had a great time.

She feels she's really, truly five years old now.