Alice's Bday Party - By the Numbers

2 - number of years Alice has been on earth.
3 - number of people who were here to celebrate Alice's actual Bday (Uncle Chuck came a day earlier than most).


60 - the number of dollars Dad spent on Panera and White Castle for the Rice clan before we set up for the party (Uh, I mean 50. Yeah, 50).
1,200 - number of square feet in our house, and that's a generous estimate.
24 - number of people who crammed into about 500 of that.
5 - number of people who didn't outwardly mind sitting next to a cat box (not my idea, I promise!).
1 - the number of people in attendance who DIDN'T know I'm pregnant (maybe that someone should check his email more often then).
5 - number of dishes we made to serve all of our hungry guests (one being an excellent rendition of mom's potato salad - MMMMMM!).
1 - number of train wrecked, albeit very tasty, cakes.


1 - number of children I have with a split personality (Alice laughed, then cried, then laughed, etc when we sang "Happy Birthday" to her).
16 - number of presents received.
4 - number of presents thrown to the wayside - and they were all clothing.


10 - number of years worth of PlayDough we now have.
3 - the number of hours most people stayed.
0 - the number of dishes I personally ended up washing - thanks to my MIL and Cindy.
5 - number of guests who slept on the floor or couches (Dad got Alice's bed).
1 - number of scratched eyes endured at the hand of a balloon on a stick (and of course it was the Bday girl).
1 - number of migraines I had by the end of the night.
MANY - the number of people we wish could have been there.

That's all the pictures you get from the weekend. Why you ask? Well because we don't have many more that are worth sharing. When your house is crowded, you've got a migraine that just won't go away, and 20+ guests on their way in or out of your house the last think I think about is taking pictures (plus I'm thinking we REALLY need a zoom - anyone want to buy one for me?!). Of course that's MY excuse, Matt will have to find his own.

If any of you who were here have pictures you are willing to share, please email them to me!