How can it be?

How can the party be over already. It just started!

Allie opened a large pile of presents, Julia opened the two little gifts that Aunties Cat and Pam were kind enough to bring for her, we played homemade Pictionary until no one wanted to play anymore, we ate a great luncheon (it was too much food to call it just lunch), we cleaned up, we played more Pictionary, Julia took a nap, we played Allie's Uno Assault, we did massive hits on the pinata until it finally broke, and they were gone.

Last year, we got a pull-string pinata for Allie's birthday, which was pretty fun. This year, we got what we thought was a traditional pinata, something that would break in maybe ten hits. Uh uh. This thing was a solid, corrugated cardboard tube that Allie couldn't even make a dent in. She took off her blindfold since we didn't want her to give herself a rotator cuff tear from the repetitive motion, but still nothing was happening.

Finally, Greg got the thing softened up and Allie broke it open a little. Unfortunately, by then the contents were seriously shredded. Many of the little plastic toys inside were cracked or broken and a lot of the candy was also in tiny little pieces. So much for that.

And now Allie's birthday is officially over. Only five months and 26 days to wait until Julia's birthday!