Harrison's 4th birthday party will go down as one of my biggest failures as a mother. Talk about a disaster! The party was at the Tenafly Nature Center and the invitation stated it would take place Rain or Shine. It was a very warm August day, but it was POURING rain. I figured that since it would be held "Rain or Shine" that the party would be indoors. Since it was a hot summer day, we were in summer clothes (Reagan in a dress, me in flip-flops, etc). It was at 12:30, so I was already pushing Avery since she usually naps around 1:00.
Just the walk from our car to the pavillion got us very wet under our umbrella. Then we all walked to the indoor center for the program and we got wet again. All the other kids were dressed appropriately in rain coats and rain boots, having fun splashing in the rain. And there I was, carrying Avery & the diaper bag, holding Reagan's hand as well as the umbrella over the 3 of us.
Inside, there was a woman who showed the kids a few creatures, then it was another walk outside in the rain, back to the pavillion for lunch. By now, it was getting close to 2:00 and Avery was melting down. The walk back was horrible, as the rain was coming down so hard! I was carrying Avery, trying to hold the umbrella over all of us, but the rain was coming off the umbrella right onto Reagan! By the time we got to the pavillion, Reagan's dress was literally soaked!
Reagan was NOT happy about her very wet dress. It was so wet that she started getting cold, so I had to take it off of her. Being the horribly unprepared mother that I was, I had NO change of clothes with me. Luckily, Nicole let me put Mia's raincoat on Reagan so we could stay for lunch and cupcakes.
Reagan (in Mia's raincoat) eating her cupcake.
Amanda and Avery
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