David's birthday
David and Emily have the same birthday (May 2), so for the last 4 years that day has pretty much been about Emily and any party is mostly for her. This year I decided to throw a little party for David, its his 35th birthday this year so its kind of a big one.
Getting anything past David is hard, he keeps a close eye on the expenses so big purchases are never a secret. So I always have to wait to the last second to buy his gift so he doesn't say "what did you spend $xx on?". Don't get me wrong David is no misor, but he likes to know what's being spent. So I went to BJ's to get stuff for the party, I told him I was shopping for Emily's party so he wouldn't be suspicious, then I stashed the stuff at my neighbor's house.
I enlisted that same neighbor (Chuck) to help me get David out of the house so I could get ready for the party. Chuck thought up taking Emily and his daughter, Jackie, to the circus. It was a great idea, Emily and Jackie are also May 2nd birthdays so the ruse was that hte circus would be part of their birthday gift. They all had a great time. It was the first circus for everyone except David and I think they all had fun. They took the train in and got dinner at Fanuiel Hall, a big night for the girls.
When the boys were on their way home Chuck called on the sly to let me know they were coming and asked David if he wanted to go out for a drink after, so David called me and said they might go out and I played like that would be fine. When David came home a few of our friends were here and he definately was surprised. It was nice to have a party for him. Also to have a party with no kids so the grown ups could talk.
Its been a busy month, Emerson's christening, David's party now Emily's party on Sunday. I hope it doesn't rain, the current kid count is 22 and not everyone has responded yet!! That would be crazy inside.