Impromptu Party (by Amanda)

As I was fixing dinner yesterday evening the doorbell rang and I thought ,"Who could this be?" I wasn’t expecting anyone. It turned out to be a neighbor who has twin girls a year older than Miri and Hannah. She said that they wanted to come over and wish Miri and Hannah happy birthday. I gave her a confused look and said, "But their birthday is in July!" "Oh, the guard said that it was their birthday” she told me. She then asked if her kids could make a visit anyway because they would be so sad to hear that there was no party and she asked if now was a good time. Although I was in the middle of cooking dinner I said yes since they rarely come over and I wish they could visit more.
When they didn't come soon after I began to wonder if I had misunderstood. I finished dinner and we all sat down to eat. Then the doorbell rang again. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the kids had returned. I had Miri and Hannah and three little girls plus one teenager play a game of Disney Princess Memory in the playroom (Miriam won). At the end of the game I handed out balloons and candy and sent them on their way so that concluded our impromptu birthday party. The little girls who came will probably never realize that the party was spur of the moment, but hopefully they went home having had a good time even if it was short.
Ah, life here is never dull and rarely plays out by the plan.