Our 6-year-old birthday-party guests and their parents will arrive in 15 minutes (plus that one family who always shows up early and asks, “What can we do to help?” For starters, please don’t come early.)
I’m in the kitchen digging through drawers for birthday candles. From another room, I hear one of my sons yell, “Uh-oh! Mom!”
Ice — I remember we still need more ice. Always more ice. My helpful husband is out in the driveway doing something with the leaf blower. Always something with the leaf blower.
No matter how much I plan, in the frenzied minutes before any birthday party, holiday gathering, or backyard barbecue, I end up the same…
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