One might assume that I look for every excuse to have a party. They might be on to me.
This May, we had the best weather ever. I wanted to make sure that we got outside and soaked it up. Throw on Jake’s famous BBQ and whip up a couple patriotic desserts, and you have a recipe for a backyard Memorial Day party. I love to watch my littles playing wildly with their friends, and to watch Ari do as she pleases as well… which in this case meant sneaking handfuls of tortilla chips from the buffet table before it was time for dinner.
We throw parties often, but they are not fancy. We eat on bare picnic tables, play on old school pipe playgrounds, ride bikes and scooters around the lawn without a second thought, eat Mulberries off the trees, and chat about life while the kids make best friends/adversaries/best friends anew. When we depart each other’s company, we do so missing shoes and hats; covered in sidewalk chalk dust, stickiness, dirt and bug bites; and with our kids unable to discern friends from family. Of course, I think those kinds of things are lovely. All except the bug bites.
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