Goodnight Sweetheart. It's Time to Go.

Here’s the dealio for everyone out there wondering what it takes to throw a 50-person birthday party for a 5-year old.

You're going to need some:
· Patience.
· Good Grandparents to take care of a stinky little 21 month-old while you wrangle the 5-year olds.
· A few dollars that you'd probably rather spend on a new pair of shoes, but that end up going towards pizza for, well – you know, 50 people.
· Advil for the post-party headache.

All that said, the party is over. We had a really, really great time. And it’s not often I say “really” twice in the same sentence. It's cuz I just love that boy.

Love his friends.

Love our friends.

Love family.

Love Harry Potter.

Love. Love. Love. It's all around.

Now we can just slide on into five like a well worn saddle. Or something like that. What I’m trying to say is that there will be no more presents or parties for a while. So I might need to choose another analogy. Hmmm. I’ll get to thinking on that.

All that said (and shown), here is my favorite image of the party. Stella pre-funking with Grandpa Jim. "Party's over here!"