Archive for October 17th, 2009
Let’s see – it was her first fancy dress party – given in honor of our friends’ son’s actual first birthday party. Since all the guests were told to come in costume it was our chance to bust out her first costume (#1 of 4) for the 2009 Halloween season.
She was a cheerleader, Virginia Tech, of course. J and I also dressed up as helicopter parents decked out in all of our (overbearing parental) VT finery. We’re hoping to brainwash her into becoming a diehard Tech fan, especially since I have no intention of paying out-of-state college tuition anyway so she may as well pick an in-state school, preferably one close to nearly all of my immediate and extended family.
We were excited to be invited, especially since Austin and family were soon (sadly) moving away to Alaska. I’ve known Austin’s dad for years and his mom for as long as they’ve been married (also years) and we will miss them very much. They, however, are incredibly excited to be heading north and west to live in the frozen tundra so this just illustrates how nuts (in my opinion) that they are. Hurricanes and Northeasters notwithstanding, we at least don’t have snow and sub-zero temps here in the mid-Atlantic and I, for one, appreciate that tremendously.
We got there a little late due to Miss Ava’s naptime so the party was in full swing when we arrived. We were too late for most of the food but I still managed to eat way too many of the (evil) Oreo balls that Austin’s mom made. We missed the pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern game but got there just in time for the pumpkin pinata.
Ava and Izzy were entranced.
All the kids got a whack or six at it – starting with the little ones first
and ending with Austin’s mom finally ripping it open since no one (adults included) could get it to break just by hitting it.
No matter. Despite the fact that Ava had no idea what a pinata was she sure caught on to the grabbing candy off the floor concept rather quickly.
(The birthday boy was in the puppy suit.)
She was pleased as punch with her haul.
Birthday cake soon followed the mad rush for candy.
The birthday boy tore it up.
We hung out for a bit longer while the kids ate, played, and generally just wore themselves out. We knew that it was time to go when Ava confiscated the (non-working) remote and kicked back in the closest chair.
She was clearly pooped so we sadly said our goodbyes (hate doing this when you know you may never see someone again) and headed out the door. Austin’s mom walked us out, with Austin in arms, and we said our goodbyes (again) on the front porch. I asked Ava to say goodbye to Austin and before I could even blink she’d leaned over and kissed him square on the lips. Twice.
So there it was. Ava’s first kiss with a boy, on the lips – and in full view of her parents.
Ugh. Maybe it’s good they’re moving away. (Joking! It’s not, really.)