Photo-A-Day #4162

Today was a great day not to be at work. Well, actually any day not at work is a great day, but today worked out so well. A while back a friend of mine, Sarah, had invited the whole family to a party at her house. I automatically said that I can’t go because it was on a weekend. That is my usual response. However, I took today off because tomorrow we are going to King Richard’s Faire. So, when I saw something about the party come up on my Facebook feed, I checked with Allison and we decided to go. It was even better that the drive to Sarah’s house takes less time than it does for Andrew to buckle himself in. I can’t believe how close she lives. The party was great. Everything was so laid back. We just brought our chairs and our bathing suits and ourselves. Sarah took care of everything else.

Andrew started off shy but then he was all about his personality and he was up and down the inflatable waterslide over and over. Then he was jamming out to the live band that they had. The band was called “Last Call” and they were a lot of fun, doing great covers. Food was plentiful and a couple more of my friends from college were there. My friend Laurie and her boys and my friend Meg and her son and husband. It was great to see them. I had not seen them in forever. Here is our photo together.

After the party we came home and had a family viewing of the first Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Eva has been bouncing off the walls to finally see the movie. She has read the first two books, twice. We read them to her once and the she did them on her own. We are now on the third book and she is having a Harry Potter themed birthday. She is so excited about it. We are excited, too. The movie night was a success. Andrew fell asleep about 30 minutes in so we were able to enjoy it without him talking the whole time. That family trait skipped a generation. We made popcorn with Candy corn, the new Boo-tterscotch M&M’s and some Sorting Hat Cookies that I got at Barnes & Noble. Mrs. Packer has nothing to worry about, they were not very good. They were pretty terrible but I bought them so I ate my whole one. We have three left almost fully intact. Live and learn.

To see Eva’s reaction to the movie check out today’s vlog.