April's Princess Party

What a great night we had last night. About 20 teenage girls and their mums all together talking, laughing, singing, eating...

Elsie had a wonderful time catching up with her friends, this group of girls only get together once a month. I noticed everyone went home with a serviette covered with phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

All the children came along, obviously, because Dad is away, and they come everywhere with me. Matilda, Jack, Lilly, Emily, and Jessica hung around watching videos, playing the pianola, jumping on the trampoline, and basically having an easy going, carefree evening. They all appeared at supper time!

Bethany had a good time, too. She became involved in many of the conversations - as a silent participant. She was very confident when she played a memory game with the whole group, spoke clearly and nearly loudly enough to be heard, and managed to remember about 40 names and each matching item.

Willem was his usual adorable self. He fed heavily during the afternoon and evening. In fact, one of the ladies laughed when she noticed he was attached, standing on my lap, swaying his butt back and forth. He tends to hum when he's in this mood, too, so he was quite a sight.