2nd birthday party take two

We had Lily's "friends" party yesterday afternoon and it went really well.

We had a lovely mix of children from 7 months to 10 years (along with their parents) and my best friend (who coped well with being in a sea of small people). The kids all made their own party hats (with cardboard, glitter glue and stickers), and played really well together. Lily's cousin took her first steps, which was very exciting!

I made far too much food (but at least we now have yummy left-overs - choc-chip cookies, lemon-blueberry muffins, wedges, guacomole, hommous, pide, crackers, olives, fruit & an enormous chcolate rocket cake... Actually we could do without the cake), and Lily received some lovely gifts (handmade slippers, handmade butterfly skirt & bag, two handmade dolls, some lovely books, fairy wings & wand, and a crafty placemat kit). All up it was a perfect afternoon.

The only sad part was that our faithful camera battery died mid-way through 'the cake' - meaning that we didn't get many photos. Probably I should have plugged it in before the party - since we last charged it well over a month (and about 1500 photos) ago...