Tonight we held our second annual glow-in-the-dark autumn birthday party. We stretched the birthday dates all the way back to July since we hadn’t celebrated any of them, and besides, it was a good excuse to have more fun. So the guests of honor were David’s Katie, my mother, Joyce, Josiah, Nathan, Laura and Amelia. (We wanted to include Aunt Pat, but she wasn’t able to attend. Guess I’ll eat the chocolate we got for her. We provided the party location and the glow-in-the-dark supplies, while Joyce brought the cake and ice cream. Other folks brought beverages and munchies to share. The party was loud and a bit chaotic, but everyone found their niche and seemed to enjoy themselves. Thanks to the very chilly weather, the kids did more of their playing in the basement than outside. Still, that was a great location for all the glowing and flashing goodies. All in all, everyone is thoroughly celebrated. I don’t know when our next family party will be. Somehow we manage to skip a few birthdays every year, Steve’s being one of them. Somehow we need to fit him into the schedule. There isn’t anyone else with a January birthday though! Maybe next year we can have a winter party, since our next baby will be a December baby. That will give us two reasons to party in December-January.