Thanks Everyone!

I was truly delighted by every single comment I received for last post, thank you so much everyone! There was even a new reader, "Dr. Hans" - I hope to "see" you again here. Cloudscome, you're right, you could definitely have come to the party :) I think we should do a gathering of local mommy bloggers some time, what about that?

It's also good to hear from other women who were mothers after 35. I'll post about this subject again later (the pros and cons of a 3rd child in our family).

Here are a few pictures of the party for you as promised. My sister-in-law, the party decoration especialist, wasn't here, so they look pretty "silly." I decorated with my favorite colors, pink and aqua green.
The cake wasn't very professional looking like some of these, but it was yummy. I love meringues, strawberry and kiwi. Well, I should admit that it was pretty, if a bit "crowded."
I also made this cute basket out of a watermelon and filled it with watermelon and honeydew melon scooped pulp.

We had a great time at the party. My friend Andrea, who hadn't been to our house yet and who inspired me to throw a party for myself since she threw one for her last year (all prettily decorated in yellow), came with her husband Ron and two new Brazilian friends, Lilian and Alexandre. Andrea took the picture on the right with her camera. Other friends came too, even though the one who brought her kids got lost and was here quite late, between 8:30-9, so the boys ended up going to bed only 11pm after everyone had left. I made pasta salad, with Barilla's flower shaped three color pasta and my home made salsa (with tortilla chips) - both were a great sucess - sorry, I forgot to take pictures! We also had a veggie tray with dip and my mom baked the "cheese rolls" (pão de queijo) even though there was way too much food already - you can see in the picture on the left (compared to the one on the right) that they did eat quite a bit, though.


Then, on Sunday we went to Maryland again for my mom to meet the cutest nephew on earth and we also watched the World Cup's Final match there. After lunch, my SIL had the nerve of sticking 35 candles in a Carvel cake, there was quite a bit of smoke when we managed to blow them out!I'll be back later, probably tomorrow, with more pictures of my gorgeous nephew for you, OK? Oh, and I think my brother-in-law and his family may not go to Lebanon after all because he needs his residency in the U.S. first or else he won't be able to return. We're happy we have at least one more year close to them, but from next September on, we don't know where we'll be!