This past Sunday, we celebrated the Hatchling's birthday with several of her friends. And by several, I mean we had nine - NINE - children between 1-3 at our house, along with twenty-some parent/adult types. That's a lot of people, yo. But it was all good - the kids were remarkably well-behaved (no meltdowns!), we had enough food (and beer!) for everyone, we got to see all of our favorite people at the same time, and the Hatchling got - well, to say she got the mother lode would be an understatement. She also hit pay dirt, won the lottery, and found gold in them thar hills. We partied like it was 1999, and then we all went to bed early. An auspicious start to the twos, indeed.
