weekend roundup, Isaac's party and so forth

[mamajoan]

Whew! Where to begin??

Isaac's party went very well. We lucked out with the weather: several days of way-too-hot, then several days of chilly and rainy, but in between that we had one day of absolutely perfect glorious weather, and that so happened to be the day of the party. So, a big thanks going out to the weather deities for that one.

Thanks are also due to anotherjen and dimers for coming over on short notice to help me clean in advance of the party; and to my mom and non-LJ-enabled Maria for help with pre-party prep, during-party food wrangling, and post-party cleanup!

Note to self: seven pizzas are WAY too much for a dozen 5-year-olds and approx. equal number of adults. oops.
Note to self 2: when planning a party with munchies AND pizza AND cake AND cupcakes, don't buy ice cream! Especially don't buy more than one container of ice cream! ESPECIALLY don't buy THREE different containers of ice cream! And ESPECIALLY don't buy two more pints when you've already bought a half-gallon!! augh!

Note to all readers of this LJ who live in the greater Boston area: PLEASE come over to my house some evening in the near future and have a bowl of ice cream. I am serious. Help me out here. Bring the kids! Bring the spouse! Bring the roommate! Bring the dog!...actually, not the dog, really. But bring everyone else!

Ahem, but anyway, the party was good and fun was had by all and there were only a few bumps and bruises. And Isaac got some really great gifts. And afterward we were all sooooooooooo wiped, we napped liek whoa.

We did have way too much pizza, but fortunately everyone was glad to take some with. Same goes for the cupcakes (we did decorate-your-own-cupcake as a party activity, which the kids LOVED, but the number of cupcakes I asked mom to make was way too many (sorry mom!!) and some kids wanted to decorate more than they wanted to eat) except that I couldn't convince most people to take more than one or two with them. So we have tons of cupcakes left. I may bring some to the office just so that we don't end up eating them all. ;) It's just too bad that I can't bring the ice cream to the office; it wouldn't survive the commute. alas.

Yesterday we sat around the house all day like lumps. We played with a bunch of Isaac's new toys, and I baked bread, and we watched some Top Chef (I am like five episodes behind so PLEASE do not spoil me!). I also made a yummy green curry and this sentence shall serve as my reminder to post about that sometime.

Then this morning we went to get into our car to go to school and work, and lo, there was a totally flat tire. *facepalm* So we ended up taking a series of buses. First we walked up to the corner and took a bus to Ruthie's daycare. But it was the Clarendon 89 instead of the Davis 89 so then we had to walk about four blocks, which took a while. (Did I mention I was carrying my work stuff, including a fairly heavy lunch bag, plus the kids' lunchboxes, plus the kids' bedding for school, plus a full bag of diapers for Ruthie? Yeah, so that was my workout for today. I am Packhorse Mama, hear me roar. Or groan, more like.) Then Isaac and I took another bus back to his school. Then I took another bus back to Davis to get on the subway to come to work. I didn't get here till 10:30. *sigh* It's kind of crazy to take such a circuitous route, but it's just a little too far to walk from our house to Isaac's preschool.

And now I'll have to leave work a little early to go home and call Triple-A and deal with the tire. ugh. oh well, it could be worse.

Still can't believe my little boy is five. FIVE!!! zomg.

more later....