Q: What do you get when you have eight house guests, a birthday party with seventeen little girls, a fifth birthday and a baby blessing?

A: A lot of pictures to show off.

It was so much fun, but definitely a whirlwind. I'd post all of the gory details, but I'm not sure how much longer before the kids start hucking the legos at each other (for the second, Maren isn't crying and the other three are playing nicely). Anyway, here are some pictures.

My sweet big five-year-old, posing in the hat her preschool teacher made for her:

and getting a kiss from her baby sister:

and another one of the birthday party extravaganza:

Here's one of Maren at her blessing on Sunday:

And one of our large family of little people:

 

I'd say we were resting and recuperating from the chaos of the weekend, and in the sense that I fell asleep before 9pm last night, I guess that's true. But in less than 48 hours, Annie, Maren and I will be on a plane to go to my sister's bridal shower in Chicago-- so there's no rest for the weary. But at least it's all happy things that are keeping me crazy. 

--originally published 2/15/07