The aftermath...

Well, i'm happy to report that Tony's birthday bash was a smashing success! Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves, especially my hubby :-) The kids probably had a little too much fun as evidenced by the state of my house and yard yesterday. Yikes! We found several watermelon rinds in Noah's room, there are board game pieces all throughout the house, and pretty much every room looked like a tornado hit it. Us adults spent the whole evening out on the deck, and the kids spent a large portion of the night outside as well - we set up Noah's spiderman inflatable bouncer outside (it's normally in the playroom) as well as an inflatable chalkboard and his trampoline. But kids will be kids, and they were apparantly itching to explore the inside of the house, too! The party started at 4:30, and the last group of people left around midnight - 4 families of neighbors outlasted everyone else. We even let Noah stay up the entire party since his friends were there, too! He has never stayed up that late before! Needless to say, everyone was tired yesterday.

Here is Noah with one of tony's best friends:

Tony insisted he didn't want a birthday cake, so I put candles in the dessert I made him (my mom's Trifle recipe... his favorite). I still found a way to get the Birthday song in there, lol! Me with some of the neighbors:

Today was a fun day, too. We had a playdate at the "airport park." It's a little playground right across the street from BWI Airport, and you can see the planes right after they've taken off and right before they land. The kids love it there, and it's very cool to see the planes so low over our heads.

In scrappy news, today was a fabulous mail day for me! I got a big 'ole box from Create My Keepsake. This month's sponsor is Paper Trunk, so not only did I get several lines of Paper Trunk, some of their stamps and their chipboard wheel, but I also got CMK's September kit ahead of time for me to have fun with, too. I can't wait to play!

Hope everyone had a wonderful start to their week! I can't believe how quickly summer is coming to an end...