i decided, and chris agreed, that it would be nice to celebrate having family this weekend, so we invited 30+ family members to our house for a party. some of you might have seen the flickr! both sets of parents decided we weren’t going to manage to pull the house in order on our own, so v kindly helped with some tidying. chris’s mum on mon and tues, and my parents from wed.
ooh, that reminds me. SB did manage to stick out the week at musical theatre, and i am v proud of her. she is also proud of herself, so a bit of a result. the video mostly shows her being worried, but about 30% enjoyment too, so thats good. having my mum cheer her on in the audience was good too. she then very happily reprised all the music for us with actions, said she would do it again, but it would be nice to go with a friend another time. we might go for the sports programme elsewhere another time.
anyway, a spruce and tidy to the house and garden, little nanny and my sister and family arrived on the friday. final things done and sat morning it just poured it down! how totally miserable. anyway loads of family arriving, and though i had catered loads, they all brought loads so dining table groaning! we had a fab time. i was sad my dad’s brother, wife, sons and any grandchildren didn’t make it at the last minute, but pretty much full turnout to celebrate the joy of having family.
it also put a big smile on my sisters face, as everyone was lovely to her, complementing her on growing back hair etc etc. she needed a bit of an up! chris and i were a bit bushed at the end, but felt it had all gone really smoothly, and had been great fun for all. we might even do it again in 2 years time! the sun came out in the afternoon, which reallly helped.
sunday and most of the visitors of yesterday were day visitors, and my sister and husband went home on the sunday, leaving us their 2 children. lots of games playing and general fun. my parents and little nanny went home this morning [which seems a long time ago] lots of happy playing by all the children today, a bit of a childrenmoon! makes 4 seem easier than 2!!
Sounds lovely and what a wonderful idea
Fab idea.
I think that is a lovely idea as most families only get together at weddings and funerals – so nice to have a “just ‘cos” party.
lol, i think 4 often is easier than 2 but then, when Alison comes, 8 seems easier than 4 – and i don’t think that can really be true so it can only be a short term novelty thing.
We could ask Deb?
I like the idea of a party for family’s sake is great – must do it
Well, 4 certainly wasn’t easier this afternoon at the Raptor Centre (though that was moslty down to BB so not sure that counts….)
What a fabulous idea! And how lovely to have the room to do it all, love the happy family pic above.
As a mum of six I can say quite honestly that when they’re being good more is easier but when they’re being bad more is a nightmare, lol
sounds like a lovely day, I hope that you weren’t too run off your feet to enjoy it.
glad SB stuck with the full week’s event, but I do understand what she means that it’s nice to do those things with someone you already know, I think Aprilia suffered a bit from that last week too!