Party Time!!

After much worry about having electricity for the party, we awoke to the pleasant sounding of purring air conditioners. I was so relieved because as you can see we needed electricity for the slides and bouncy castle that we rented for the party.
The slides were delivered at around 9am. The boys played on them the entire time before the party and during the party.

Evan invited around 12 kids to the party. Even though the rain was falling the kids didn't notice a bit. We started the party just letting them play on the slides to their hearts content. After about an hour we had a waterfight complete with water guns and water balloons. The balloons that I painstakingly filled lasted all of 5 minutes. They wore themselves out a bit more bouncing between the slide and the castle.

Next we had the kids dry off before lunch. For lunch we had spring rolls, ham rolls, chips, and watermelon. Evan had a great time opening his presents. He had many favorite gifts that he couldn't wait to play with. After presents, he blew out his 9 candles on the cake, gulped down a few bitefuls, and then they headed back out onto the slide. This was one of the funnest, easiest, and most tiresome party we've had. But a good time was had by all.

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After the party we headed to the pool for the boys' swimming lessons. When we got back Rob had invited some of the local neighbourhood kids over to play on the slides. It was great to see the fun they were having. It also broke the ice so the boys could meet some of the local kids in our area.