Birthday bash

Ivor couldn't wait to celebrate yet another birthday. He now boasts to be 7 (even though the actual birthdate is June 25th which clearly hasn't ocurred yet). We celebrated early while his friends are still in town. This week the school is over and the summer officially kicks in with people abandoning the city for the beach in droves. We scheduled the party at a playroom. We had close to 20 kids show up and they all had a blast. Here most parents just drop their kids off for birthday parties and don't stick around. While I don't agree with the practice, especially when it comes to smaller kids like 4 year olds, we did what we had to. Chris and I tried to keep up with them, refilled juice cups, wiped noses, kissed boo-boos (quite a few of them, actually) and took them to the bathroom. Ivor barely had a moment to slow down and blow out the candles. We actually had to make him do it. He and a bunch of little boys ran around without stopping for nearly 4 hours.

You can take a look at more pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/mirjana.phillips/200806.