Dinner Party

We had an unplanned dinner party tonight.  (That may sound a bit more high society than I mean…  And yes, it was unplanned – look how spontaneous I can be all you doubters named Sandy!)  Anyway.  Madison had a great day – two really good naps.  She was happy all day; what a blessing and a delight.  Tara and Grace were going to come and go walking with us around 4pm, but Grace has had a cough for quite awhile, so they made a late doctor’s appt to check it out.  I told them to just come over for supper.  I had been super productive today – cleaned bathrooms, made the casserole for supper during the afternoon nap, swept the kitchen floor, went to Meijer to get medicine… You get the picture.  When I was younger, I pictured myself just having people over spur of the moment, and it happens so rarely.  Part of the problem is that I get all hung up on making the perfect things and get stressed about actually proposing the invitation to someone (childhood fear of rejection? fitting in? being accepted? being good enough? anyone care to psychoanalyze???).  It was nice to just have something ready and be able to share that with someone and just feel comfortable.  Tara, Todd (her husband), and Grace all came.  Madison was a show-off :)  Grace was adorable and well-behaved.  And we adults had some normal conversations (I think).  Tara brought some delicious homemade applesauce.  I’ll have to do this again sometime….