Too pooped to party anymore!

Libby decked out in her Spiderman helmet, ready to ride

Birthday celebration, day 2
Libby and Jai "surfing" on the slip n slide

What a weekend! I sit here on Monday morning recovering from three days of sheer fun. We had Sheng and Jai's birthday party on Friday night. Sheng turned 3 and Jai 4. Their parents rented a bouncy castle with slide. You Know Who was in there playing right along with all the rest of the kids. HE then decided to slide down on his tummy and ended up with very ouchy rug burns on his knees. There were "big" boys there (4-7 in age), so you would see all the little girls bouncing, then the boys would come in, shortly later, the girls would exit. Then the boys would leave and the girls go back in to bounce. It was an interesting socialization situation right in front of us and shows you how differently boys and girls play. Saturday, we were invited back for day two of the bouncy castle. It was a lovely night and we got to finally meet a little girl who had been in the same SWI as Sheng and mere 3 weeks apart in age. To think they ended up in the same city on the other side of the world, less than 5 miles apart!

The St. Anthony Park parade was yesterday morning. I sent Eric and Libby off to have fun while I cleaned in peace. I know this sounds lame, but it was so nice to get things done without her highness shouting my name or Eric constantly asking for something. Libby needed a new helmet, so they stopped at Target on the way she picked out a Spiderman one! :) Later that day, we were at our friend Molly's second annual 4th of July party. It was a great party. Christopher, one of Libby's favorites, had been at rocket making camp, so the whole party headed to a park to watch his rockets go up. By 8:00 Libby was all done in from a weekend of parties, and asked to go home! We all slept until 9:00 this morning. Whew!

Future engagement picture or what?

They held hands almost the entire time together-aahhhh

On the Libby front, she is pretty much back to her happy self. Telling her that she was not going to pre-school lifted a weight from her little shoulders. We are trying different tactics with some of her anxieties and they seem to be working. Her separation from me continues to be a struggle, but one step at a time, right?

This evening, I meet my friend LA for drinks, just the two us. It is long overdue and I look forward to catching up and chatting in a nice restaurant with no interruptions!

Enjoy some new pictures from over the weekend. Hope you all had a fun and safe 4th.

Bouncing before Eric took the slide that ended his sliding career
Upside down with Uncle Pat