Well what a weekend that was.
Saturday was the family party, we were worried about the rain making an appearance, and yes you guessed it poured all afternoon! Mum had booked a bouncy castle for the little ones, and they did manage to play on it ... in the rain and they were all soaked! We all crowed in my mum's house - fortunately she has two big reception rooms which we made good use of, my only worry was the cream carpet that was in one of them! We'd all taken a dish or two each and we had so much food there was something for everyone.
I'd made a coronation chicken with wild rice and a lemon tart. Both, I'm pleased to say went down really well. There was also: chicken drumsticks, tortilla, salad, potato salad, coleslaw, pizza's, cold meats, a fish dish, crisps & dips and lots of other delicious plates of food. Mum supplied the drinks of which there was copious amounts (I didn't have too many - do I get brownie points?) She'd also got some big outdoor games that some of the children played inside, but to be honest they just like playing together and made good use of the rooms getting quite rowdy at times (I blame the sweets they had). There was also ice cream in cones and lots of sprinkles to squander - fortunately none left any marks on the carpet, so all in all it was a winning afternoon.
Today I thought I'd share what I wanted to wear to the party, but figured with the weather not being great and the fact kids would be having ice cream - Neopolitan - probs wouldn't be a good choice eh!
