We are fortunate to have such a close relationship with Mark and Deanna. Julia is an unusual only child. She has the luxury of two cousins who are almost constantly around. At the same time, she gets plenty of spotlight time in between from her dad and I. Sometimes on a long day when I know we are not getting together with the Grayton Kados, I wonder if she'll find enough to fill her day. Today is one of those such days. Shortly after breakfast, she disappeared upstairs. When she returned about thirty minutes later, she handed me a small piece of notebook paper. It read:
Dear Michelle and Rob [the name Bobby goes by at work],
Please come to my party. It will be a dancing scavenger hunt. Please reply back on this paper and send it to me! It's in an hour or half an hour.
I read it and passed it to Bobby. We both replied immediately with a resounding, "Yes!" Incidentally, Felix and Oscar received a similar invite with a request for a reply. Right then, she taped triangular shaped badges to our shirts that read: "Let's Party!"
Once she had the party together, we met in the living room. There she had a table of snacks such as goldfish, popcorn, and candies. She explained that the first part of the party involved the scavenger hunt. One at a time each one of us had an opportunity to hide four items around the house. Using a list, the remaining two people were to then look to find the items. Once this was completed, a similar game was played where-in three bags were filled with "gifts," each person was responsible for hiding one bag. Afterwards, we were to find one bag and open it to find our party favor present. If you must know, I won a set of markers and Bobby won an Iron Man glove. Next was the dancing portion where were all able to showcase our very best moves. The party ended quietly with snacks and a family game of Trouble.
I can't think of a single better way to spend one of the last hours of this summer vacation.
