Friday:
On Friday afternoon I brought the kids over to Eric's parent's house so I could run a few errands and then have a date night with my main man. After a nice happy hour/office warming party at his company's new space, Eric and I headed out to the mall to do some Christmas shopping for the kiddos. This is the first year that we aren't giving the kids one big joint gift, so we were off to buy princess stuff and ballerina stuff and trucks and toy towns. I don't know how it happened, but somehow Emery is super GIRLY, and Anderson only wanted a "green truck" for Christmas. After some debate over genderizing them too much, we gave in and got them things we know they will love :)
Saturday:
On Saturday morning we were up bright and early to start setting up for our party! After picking up our table and chair rentals, we got the kids from grandmas and then ran a few errands. Once we got home it was "Go Time!" We prepped the food, set up the tables, decorated and then began to wonder how we were going to keep the kids from messing everything up before bedtime! Luckily, I had an idea- at 5:30 we loaded them up in the car and went to see a small production of the Nutcracker Ballet. Both kids loved Amelia's dance performance in the spring and Emery is all about ballerinas right now, so we were pretty confident that they would like it. Thankfully they did, and so we successfully bought ourselves a few extra hours of keeping the house toddler-free! After a quick dinner they were off the bed and we were back to making pasta, fruit and green salads, casseroles and prepping everything for Sunday morning.
Sunday:
We got a lot done Saturday night, so we were able to sleep in a bit before getting busy. Unfortunately the kids were being pretty clingy, so we called in for reinforcements! Auntie Sarah and the Falcaos came early to help us with last minute things and to entertain the kids. Guests started arriving at 10:30 and from then on it was party time! We had a blast catching up with everyone, and thankfully we didn't run out of food. Somehow we fit 69 people into our modest house and it never felt too crammed! Everyone seemed to have fun- I know we certainly did!
Half way through the event our kids went with Auntie Sarah to a cookie decorating party so we were able to focus on our friends and then chill for a bit when the party was over. When the kids got home it was nap time- for all of us! After a nice rest something came over me and Eric and within no time we had the rentals packed up, all of the dishes cleaned, and the house put back together! The kids went to bed around 8:30 and we ate leftovers and relaxed while watching a movie.
It was a great weekend- totally worth all of the work!
PS- Eric and I make a great team! We had a blast getting everything ready and didn't have a single fight haha! :)
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