It’s a good party when…

• all the shoes come off
• kids play duck-duck-goose on the lawn
• 3 preschool seekers take several minutes to find all the toddler hiders
• the parents get to eat and talk with other adults
• everyone gets seconds on cupcakes
• no one leaves in tears

“Moh pa-pa?” asked Eli afterward, as he fell asleep for his nap.

“No more party,” I told him.

“No moh pa-pa,” he answered; “Good pa-pa.”

Good party, indeed.