Zan and TeeRoy Hawthorne invited us to their son Xander's 2nd birthday party on Saturday. Not having children of our own means that we don't often get to share in this kind of activity, and especially not often with a family as large as this one!
There seemed to be a constant flow of children, dogs (ours and one other), adults, more kids, food, toys, food, presents, food, trampolining and all sorts of other stuff going on all at once. Amidst all the maelstrom, getting-very-pregnant-Zan just seemed to sail along, feeding herself whenever she could take a break, and the rest of the time organising the tribe of kids into some kind of order.
It was great that Ray finally got to meet John Rea, Zan and Troy's brother-in law, and again we got to catch up with the Hawthorne's extended tribe. And we got to spend a bit more time with Carlos, Gillian Hawthorne's friend from the USA staying with the Whittakers.
Xander was amazingly cheerful throughout, especially with so much going on! I have visions of a little boy, "all Diego'd out" and falling asleep in his soup (as his grandmother told me later)! He had a great pile of gifts, including a very impressive growling dragon!
Heartfelt thanks to the Hawthornes and the Whittakers for including us in their family gatherings like this! We learn so much just watching you guys!
2 comments:
Thanks for coming Annie, it's always fun when Annie comes! :)
Blog is looking GREAT Annie, MUCH better than mine is progressing.
Jealous that you got to go to Xanders birthday!! Hope you had a piece of cake for me! :)
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