Sunday, we threw a birthday party for Anya, attempting to keep it as small as possible while still inviting our good friends and family (thanks, Bobby & Amy for coming up!). Afterall, the party was just as much a celebration for us - that we survived the first year of parenthood and managed to keep our daughter alive in the process. Our little house sure gets packed quickly. Fortunately, the weather was unseasonably warm (and beautiful), so we opened the back door and let the kids loose in the back yard.
We must say having 12 kids literally running around the house/yard and screaming, falling, crying, yelling was a lot more fun than we would have thought. We really had a great time (and more importantly, so did Anya). It also nice when your parents point out that you have a lot of good friends. We couldn't agree more.
Everyone was extremely generous despite our request that no one bring gifts. Really that's the surest way to get the best loot. Sort of like when you mark an email as low importance, you KNOW everyone will read that first.
Chris's favorite part was when the dog was running amok in the back yard with all the kids. Poor Laika really gets short shrift these days, it's nice to see so many kids making use of the dog's best qualities: playfulness, gentleness and extreme caution around children. He was very proud.
Despite (or maybe due to) all the chaos, Anya was in her element and had a great time. She played with a few of her friends and toddled around the house, balloon in hand. The older kids helped her open presents, and she seemed to get a kick out of all the paper flying around and the attention paid to her. Our little social butterly, so not like her mom in that regard. As mentioned in the previous post, she was rather indifferent to the cake, which is fine with me. All in all, a good day. Her next birthday will be much, much smaller if we can get away with it, though.
We must say having 12 kids literally running around the house/yard and screaming, falling, crying, yelling was a lot more fun than we would have thought. We really had a great time (and more importantly, so did Anya). It also nice when your parents point out that you have a lot of good friends. We couldn't agree more.
Everyone was extremely generous despite our request that no one bring gifts. Really that's the surest way to get the best loot. Sort of like when you mark an email as low importance, you KNOW everyone will read that first.
Chris's favorite part was when the dog was running amok in the back yard with all the kids. Poor Laika really gets short shrift these days, it's nice to see so many kids making use of the dog's best qualities: playfulness, gentleness and extreme caution around children. He was very proud.
Despite (or maybe due to) all the chaos, Anya was in her element and had a great time. She played with a few of her friends and toddled around the house, balloon in hand. The older kids helped her open presents, and she seemed to get a kick out of all the paper flying around and the attention paid to her. Our little social butterly, so not like her mom in that regard. As mentioned in the previous post, she was rather indifferent to the cake, which is fine with me. All in all, a good day. Her next birthday will be much, much smaller if we can get away with it, though.
Birthday girl in her throne, with birthday hat and birthday balloon
Riley, Kalea, Molly, and Eloise help Anya open presents
Anya climbs her present for the best leverage in order to open it
with Great-grandma Scheuer
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It was so much fun to see you guys and share in Anya's birthday celebration! Thanks for a great weekend.
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