Big Day



Big day today.

First, Davis decided to take his training wheels off his bike. He's wanted to do it for a while, but I had him convinced that you had to be FOUR to take your training wheels off. Lucky for him, his father and grandfather hadn't heard of that rule, so off they came today. Three weeks short of four.

I couldn't believe it - he could ride his bike. Certainly he had more crashes than his sister did, but he was riding. Wow.




Then, we had 50 people over for dinner tonight. Normally, you'd need to take any number like that from me and divide it by 2, or even 3. I have a slight tendency to exaggerate. But my parents are here this weekend, and they can confirm that I did, in fact, invite 50 people over for dinner tonight. And they all came.

In my defense, it was sort-of a pot-luck - so plenty of people brought a dessert or a side dish or beer. And really, who knew that so many people would stay home on Labor Day weekend? I assumed that most would go out of town and we'd have about 20 over. So, we decided to hold a big "back to school" party tonight.

Isn't that why the Wisconsin State Legislature passed a law prohibiting school to start before September 1? So that more people would go out of town on Labor Day weekend and keep our tourism business alive and happy. Not our crowd, evidently.

But it went well. Everyone had enough to eat and drink. (Mostly thanks to my mom, who made the most amazing chili....and my dad who bought all the beer.) It didn't start to rain until the end of the party, so we could do a good portion of the entertaining outside. (We do not have a large house.) And the house was *not* destroyed. (Did I mention that 29 of the people were 5, 6 & 7 year olds?)

All-in-all, a big day. Only two more days until First Grade. Unbelievable.

Posted: Sun - September 3, 2006 at 10:08 PM          

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