Yesterday I decided to have an impromptu get together at my house that evening. That’s actually not very uncommon for us – we regularly have desert at our house or at someone’s house in the neighborhood on Sunday nights. But instead of just inviting the “regulars” – you know who you are, I decided to branch out a little, and invite some peeps we’ve never really hung out with.
Since I decided to have this little get together with such short notice, I also decided it better be “pot luck” – because I knew I didn’t have enough treats to share with everyone. And doing that actually relieved a lot of the stress of inviting a large group. We pulled all our chairs and benches onto the front lawn, spread out a blanket or two, and had a very casual treat night in the glorious late spring evening. Because our back yard still isn’t “child proof” – no gate around “the pit”, swing set not completely put together, no side gates, etc., I was a little nervous about having too big of a crowd and having people not pay attention to their children and someone get hurt. But it turned out okay. One kid did fall in the pit, and scraped his elbow, but it was minor. Since we set up in the front yard (for reasons mentioned above) the kids mostly stayed in the front yard and rode bikes up and down the street and played in the swing in the front tree etc. Olivia and Cal were in kid-heaven with a whole gaggle of kids to play with. Next time we’ll invite even more peeps.
I think we’re going to do this the last Sunday of every month while the weather holds.
…But instead of just inviting the “same old people” – you know who you are, …
That must be Sorensen’s, Kirkham’s and Engh’s, otherwise it might make me cry.