Preparing for the party.

We took this picture before she started running around and playing.

God has blessed us SO richly in the friend department. We had such a fun time celebrating Skeezix’ birthday with some of her friends from church, our homeschool group and long-time “cousins-by-association.”

I normally do not serve party guests macaroni and cheese [the boxed kind], much less out of a crock-pot. However, that is Skeezix’ favorite so it was item #1 on the menu. We had a few other, not-so-gross choices as well.

We a little parachute playing, a little tape-the-nose-on-the-kitty game, and then we had The Storylady come with her puppets for a show. I confess that I hesitated in spending money on entertainment, knowing that kids do a fantastic time entertaining themselves, but I am so glad we asked her to come. My children were delighted by her performance and are still talking about it. It seemed that all the other kids were enjoying it a great deal, as well.