Uncle Pete’s 60th

Everyone had a blast. Glad the party went very well.

The party planning count for this year is 2 big birthdays: Uncle Pete’s 60th and Uncle William’s 70th, and 5 fundraisers: PTA Gala Dinner, SAS Star Appeal Dinner, Art Aid 2011, The Centre for Fathering’s 10th Anniversary Gala and the DUAL Ball. That’s more than 1 event every 2 months. Enough!

Party Planning

Spent the better part of today planning for Uncle Pete’s 60th. Party planning encompassed shopping, having tea, watching the rugby world cup finals, as well as having dinner out. We weren’t the most productive but it was a nice and leisurely Sunday.

Quinn & Sophie’s Back-To-School Bash

It was a very happy and calm pool party. The Tuckers are great partners in crime! It was fun to co-host and wonderful to see our girls enjoy their friends. Here’s to a terrific year in 6th grade for Q&S.

R&W Party 2011

One more to add to our tally.
A fun evening for all.

Party Planning Non Stop

Last night was spent planning for Saturday’s party.
This week is all about juggling work and work and work and play.

Party Elves

Spent the entire weekend planning and prepping for the R&W Party on Tuesday and Uncle William’s 70th Birthday next Saturday. So glad to have fellow party elves slaving with me!

Fathers’ Day Festivities

Mom cooked her Vietnamese specialities again, and we invited Eve, Eric, Mr Fogarty, Maura, Mohamed and the Tuckers to join us for dinner. It was fun catching up with everyone over a huge feast. I love Vietnamese beef noodles! It was a nice was to fete fathers at one go. We missed Sarah very much though. At least Sophie perked up after seeing Quinn! Her best buddy is finally back. They have 3 weeks together before Sophie has to take off for vacation and they have to deal with withdrawals again.

Mom’s Housewarming Party

Mom had the family over today for her housewarming party. She cooked up a storm and conducted quite a few tours of every room (closet and drawer). She especially loved surprising people with her craftily hidden bomb shelter entrance. She had a custom made cabinet on castors fitted in front of the shelter door and she enjoyed revealing her “surprise. We thought she was cute!

E&E’s Engagement

They’re officially engaged! Congratulations to Eve & Eric. They had a party at Bob’s Bar at Capella Hotel. It was good to see them surrounded by very happy friends and family.

What A Production

SRT’s Theatre Ball was a visual treat. Aside from the wonderfully decorated ballroom, I was greatly entertained by the guests’ interpretation of the evening’s theme: All The World’s A Stage (from Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”). I spied characters from just about the complete works of Shakespeare: Anthony & Cleopatra, Puck as a Donkey, loads of fairies, folk in an assortment of Elizabethan garb, and my favourite: a chap sporting an afro wig, a blackened face and a leisure suit (I told him I figured him more for Papa Doc Duvalier or Muammar Gaddafi!) . This enterprising fellow turned out to be seated next to me at dinner. When asked, he informed me that he was Othello on vacation! I enjoyed chatting with him but warned him that I’d never recognize him after last night! It was fun catching up with lots of people. No one seemed to stay in their seat for more than 10 minutes. The dance floor was packed throughout the night, and champagne was flowing. What a party.