It was a great day yesterday at Madeleine's Baby Shower. Nera and Marilyn went overboard as expected and everyone had a fantastic time. Pink was the colour of the day; it's just as well the expected child is female. The ladies played the usual appalling games (Pin the Sperm on the Egg!!) while the men kept out of the way. One of the games involved guessing the baby's name. Madeleine had already announced that it would start with M, followed by Elizabeth, so there was Mika and Mia and Madison and Mae. We've been choosing a 'name of the week' for a while and we've looked at Marian and Molly and, even, Mabel. Jamie suggested Maggot but that's in retaliation for the fact that my Dad always called him Wullie before he was born.
There was much filipino food as well as the compulsory sausage rolls, cocktail frankfurts and cup cakes. Madeleine was like a child herself opening the presents. And, of course, that's the point of the tradition: to give the parents a hand with putting together the necessities for the baby in the first few months. Most of the guests stayed on into the evening and it wasn't long before the karaoke machine was out.
Not surprisingly, we slept late this morning and I didn't get my chores done until after lunch. Oh, well, they'll still be there tomorrow.
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