OK, I was planning on doing everything so far in advance that I wasn’t going to have to stress about the party, but…that’s not working so well. The cake isn’t quite done yet due to a couple of (hopefully minor) setbacks, I haven’t vacuumed the first floor – and believe me, there’s enough dog fur (not to mention cheerios) that this is a requirement – and I haven’t transfered the playlist to the ipod. I haven’t even checked the batteries in the camera or hung a single streamer.
But the food is done! Those wraps were super easy: my mom, my brother and I made 24 wraps in under an hour – and that included plenty of kibitzing. I’ll slice them into pinwheels tomorrow right before we’re ready to put them out. Denis also made mini pumpkin muffins, and there are frozen appetizer thingies to pop in the oven before the party. People are bringing fruit, veggies and cheese. So there will be plenty to eat. And the really important part is that the colorful plates I bought have been stacked in rainbow order. (I may have gone a little overboard on the rainbow-y nature of this party. There’s lots of colors…)
I feel terrible, though. In the midst of everything I was trying to do, I wasn’t paying close enough attention to the munchkin all this is for, and she toppled off a (kid-sized) chair face first onto the wood floor. So she’ll be sporting a nice bruise on her forehead for her party and birthday. I’m just glad she didn’t hurt herself worse. :( (Do you think that this will teach her not to stand up in chairs? Probably not.)
Anyway, I think I need to go to bed and worry about the cake and the vacuuming tomorrow. After all, the party’s not till 2!