Roman`s Party - 2nd Time Lucky!

Hello everyone,

At last I`m posting the entry on Roman`s birthday party and what`s been happening since. I`ve been off work all week so I could spend some time doing nothing (some hopes) and have ended up doing twice as much as I would normally!  Anyway, back to the party.

 

 

We had a wonderful day with good weather from early in the morning. We needn`t have bothered with the gazebos but we didn`t want to take a chance. I spent much of Friday evening cooking and all of Saturday morning preparing the food. Thankfully most of it was eaten, especially my special recipe cajun chicken wraps which went almost as soon as I put them out. I keep being asked what the recipe is but I won`t tell, it`s very easy but I like to keep up the mystique...lol! Roman was really happy to see his new slide in the garden and had a go straight away, if only he`d known the drama that lay behind the flamin` thing!  When Jim started to put it together he found that 1) there were no instructions 2) that there were lots of pieces missing. Now, my husband is not one to swear...but he certainly made an exception that time...lol! He had to drive all the way to Toys`R`Us, get the replacement parts and instructions, drive back and finish the job, have a shower and change with just over two hours before the guests were due to arrive. Well he did it with time to spare though he must have driven like a man posessed ...lol!

We had a bouncy castle on loan from a friend and all the children went on it at some time in the afternoon. At one point Roman insisted that Nana join him so what could I do but obey.  And what fun I had  and I didn`t even ache the next morning. Bouncing is fun so why not give it a try. Note to self: Buy a trampoline...lol!

It was lovely to watch Roman and his little friends playing together, well playing along side each other is the best way to describe it, they seem to watch and copy each other rather than play. Roman was very well behaved and seemed to mingle with all the adult guests, chatting away to them and giving them food, often something that someone had dropped on the floor...lol! He also kept telling everyone that it was his birthday and he was TWO! Also it was nice to see friends and family that we`d not seen for some time. My brother`s two sons, Adam and Ryan are now 16 and 15 respectively and two of the nicest and best mannered young men you could hope to meet. And the tallest, Adam is 6ft 4in tall and still growing!

We also polished off quite a bit of liquid refreshment. At least 8 bottles of wine, several cases of beer and goodness know how many cokes, lemonades and fruit juices were consumed in one afternoon. I was just so happy that everyone had such a good time and Roman thoroughly enjoyed his birthday and that I had lots of compliments about my garden....the day couldn`t have been better.

When the last guests left at about 8pm the first raindrops began to fall, and just after we`d finished clearing up the garden the rain came down in earnest. I`m certain someone was watching over us to ensure Roman had a very special birthday without getting wet and for that I`m very grateful. I would like to have shown you all the photos we took but I didn`t think it was right to show photos of other peoples children without their permission as I know you`d understand. What I have done is post some photos of days out.

On Monday Kerry, me and Roman went to Reading shopping so there`s no photos there...lol! Tuesday was another birthday party as you will have seen and today was a visit to Odd`s Farm Animal Park with a photo of Roman stroking the baby Pygmy goats. Tomorrow there is yet another birthday party to attend, that is if Roman and Kerry`s colds are better. Roman is getting over his very quickly but I can`t say the same for his Mummy who is still full of it and didn`t go to work this evening to give them both time to recover. Now why is it that my glands are swelling up and I`ve started sneezing.....grrr!

Today my new bed arrived and I`m looking forward to a good night`s sleep in my super-dooper kingsize divan. What I did forget was to buy a larger headboard so I`ve propped up the old one behind the bed until we get a new one. Our old bed has gone into the spare bedroom that Danny is occupying at the moment whilst the bed in there will go with him when he moves out in October. Until then it remains propped up against the wall of his ever-shrinking bedroom...lol! Bye the way, Dan has accepted the new job after much consideration and is just awaiting a letter of confirmation before he hands in his notice.  Right, I`m off now but I hope you all have a lovely evening. Take care and Bye Bye for now. :o)