celebrating five

Yesterday was the last big hurrah in our "two boys have birthdays two days apart" week. And for the second weekend in a row we had a birthday party ... this time to celebrate Walter in a big way! He doesn't have the same established friends yet as Henry does at school and so I decided to rent out the gym at our nearby Rec Centre and invite his whole kindergarten class, plus another set of family friends. Was I crazy? In the end we had 23 kids bouncing, biking, laughing, snacking, and having loads of fun together ... and I actually enjoyed myself too! Quite a few of the parents stayed as well which I was hoping for so Sam and I could get to know them better. For the most part these kids will be together til Grade 12 and so I wanted to start a good relationship from the beginning, as I do with Henry's classmates and their parents. I had promised Walter a donut tower "cake" long time ago and it turned out to be the easiest thing for such a large bunch ... he was thrilled and they were yummy! I have a birthday break now ... Felix's is not til the end of November ... and I'm itching to get my house back in order, switch out the summer clothes, do some scrapbooking, catch up on new Fall TV shows and start making lots of pumpkin recipes!