pics of yesterday's baby shower for chanda's ballet teacher . . no time to write about it now, but will do so tomorrow . .
the party was hosted by one of the students and her mom. they live in a building on the upper west side with a nice rooftop and a beautiful view of the hudson river.
we were high up and hanging out with the water towers!
they had a delicious punch and turkey, veggie and ham sandwich wraps; scones and strawberry jam; and an amazing cake . .
it was a vanilla cake with icing on the inside too . .
this was "pass the pacifier on the straw."
irene, their beautiful ballet teacher, with some of the mamas.
a matching game: you had to guess which phrase matched a particular candy bar. for example, the hint "triplets" matched the candy bar "three musketeers."
i can't remember what candy bar matched "twin boys."
chanda picked out "baby giggles" which paired with "snickers." i actually really like snickers bars . .
the gifts were all so beautiful! chanda knitted a baby hat with some soft yarn we had . .
and her friend margaret knitted this beautiful sweater . .
and i knitted this baby blanket! when chanda and margaret compared notes they realized they had both been up late the night before, furiously knitting away and trying to finish their projects in time for today!
we also had a jar in which everyone placed a card with a blessing for mother and baby.
irene and her handsome boy, angus, who is terribly excited about having a baby sister (he had wanted a brother whom he would have liked to name "lucas").
finally opening some big brother gifts . . lego toys . .
and here chanda is inscribing the book we picked out for him, one of our favorites, miranda the great by eleanor estes.
waiting outside for the car ride home . .
angus does not stop moving . .
and he's seemingly fearless; dauntless and happy.
his mama is very calm and patient with him.
we loaded all her gifts into my friend's car and then helped her get them into her own apartment a few blocks away. it was a wonderful party and we're now looking forward to meeting the baby. irene has a name picked out but is waiting to share that for after the little one is born.
