After our late return from Echigo Yuzawa the night before, Emily was kind and gave us a lie-in until 9.15, and as we had retired soon after her that meant that we got nearly 11 hours of much-needed sleep.
In the afternoon, we headed over to Shibaura for Isy's birthday party. It was actually a fortnight earlier but they had been away in Australia so Jo threw a small celebration at their place. She had been suffering from a respiratory illness for days and looked very haggard and was subdued, so I had taken along a few savoury nibbles and was glad I could help. The only guests were Emily, Tim and little Darcy.
The kids had not all played together for some time but even so there were a few blow-ups, as there often are when the terrible trio get together. Jo had prepared a couple of party games: pass the parcel and pin the tail on the donkey. I don't think the kids understood any of the rules at all and it was a bit chaotic, but Jo fixed it so everyone won something. Emily had been quite clingy and quiet and was a little nervous about the donkey game as it involved being blindfolded.
Oli made the cake, and it was magnificent, though he said it hadn't gone quite according to plan.
The children were all hyper after juice and lots of cake and sweets; Emily finally loosened up but then just when they were all finally playing really nicely together it was time to leave and I didn't want to outstay our welcome with Jo being so off colour.
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