Partying is hard work, but someone's gotta do it

Last weekend was a whirlwind: Up to NJ on Friday morning, a wedding Saturday, and then Aunt Kelly's bridal shower Sunday afternoon. Not to mention a pop-in to meet cousin Aidan, deliver gifts, and sing! All parties were wonderful. Here are a few highlights from Sunday....

The bride-to-be!

Yes, yes. She's a beautiful bride. But...what's this? TINSEL?

CJP asked me to "put allll the tinsel on me, Mommy, so that I look like the wind! So that when I flap I will be a Category 5 hurricane!" I did what I could, and he was pretty pleased.

They weren't totally sure what to make of this, however:

Cordelia: "Aunt Kelly, why is that tinsel hat on your head? Take it off!" Then, off to play in Cheryl's yard, which Cody declared was "one giant, giant garden!" As indeed it is. They spent a half hour just tumbling (most of these pictures feature Cordelia's dress around her neck, so to spare her later on, I'm only posting a few) and doing a game in which Cody pretended to be "a stable table" whose legs slowly gave out when his sister sat on him. They collapsed--literally--in a fit of giggles each time. 

Swinging with Daddy! (Methinks Christmas cards, no?)

 

I mean, come on. Look at that face. 

Then home again, where the last of the ripe cherry tomatoes awaited us. 

 But not for long.