The Party that we tried to cancel. ... .

Yesterday Stuey turned two!

Over the course of last week, I casually invited a lot of people over for a dinner/birthday party. Casual dinner, no gifts, etc...
Well, the day before Stuey's birthday I could tell that he still had a cough and wasn't feeling 100%, so I called the people I had invited and told them it was cancelled. Since Patrick had already thawed out meat for the party, we decided to have Mike and Roxann over, as they had already been over last week with Stuey sick so we figured they were already contaminated.

So 5:30 rolls around, Mike and Roxann are over and lots more people come in the door! I forgot to call about 1/2 of the people I had mentioned it to last week. We barely had enough food, but there was definitely a surplus of alcohol. Stuey played some with the other kids and spent a lot of time on my lap. Nora went to MJ's arms and Marita's arms quite a bit. And Roxann was a saint about playing fun activiities with the kids-as always!!

And Patrick was in the kitchen enjoying himself telling stories and laughing with the guys!

It was a fun night, and the kids went to bed late. But then they slept in late, thank heavens.

When Patrick put Nora to bed, he ended up falling asleep as well-and I couldn't resist the adorable photo of the two of them together. Priceless.

Zoya

Photos: Yesterday morning we got both the kids on skis for the first time together! Heather Preece gave us a hand-me-down pair of skis so now we have two pairs. Only problem was that Nora ended up crying the entire time about wanting Stuey's ski boots. Go figure. Stuey was a sport about wearing his birthday hat while skiing. We got a good 5 minutes with them on their skis outside. A success by all measures for an outing with a 3 year old and 2 year old.