The Summer Party

14 July 2010

On the 3rd July we had our annual Summer Party. I know, I know, how were you meant to turn up on time if I only told you a week and a half too late? Well if you’d been watching my Twitter feed, the food production I was tweeting would have been a clue. Tarts, cupcakes, pork noodle balls, sausage rolls (some of which accidentally fell into my open mouth) were made and Mum had the day off work the day before the party for us both to get really stuck in on making as much as possible in advance, meaning we didn’t have too much to do when the guests started arriving.

Here Helen demonstrates what not to do with the electric fly swat. It’s a small racquet with a button on the side, which when pressed allows, I don’t know, a million volts to flow through the wires, zapping whatever flying, buzzing thing you manage to hit with it (others hire magicians and chocolate fountains for their celebrations, we demonstrate the fly swat). Five-year-old Darcie was immensely drawn to this device in Uncle John’s hands and took a lot of persuading that no, she really didn’t want to touch it. If grownups have enough trouble resisting touching the wires when they’re live (and, oh, we do), there wasn’t much hope for her.

After all the talk of how much food we made – and we did, we made a lot – this is the only photo I took of anything edible. These are the famous cinnamon rolls from The Pioneer Woman and they really are as good as she says. They also win big brownie points by being freezable. Fifteen minutes in the oven from frozen and bam! you can present your guests with a delicious, intricate dessert warm from the oven that you apparently just that moment whipped up when they were distracted by the fly swat.

We had a beautiful day for the party – the sun shone and everyone sat out in the garden to talk and enjoy the food. Nigel had also brought along a few bottles of Farmer’s Ales for people to try, products of his own brewery in Essex. Appreciative noises all round from those who tried them. And from all who devoured the food too. See you all next year!

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3 Responses to “The Summer Party”

bethany actually
14th July 2010 @ 3:59 pm

Dang. Clearly I need to follow your tweets more closely. I missed it! ;-)

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Brenda
14th July 2010 @ 7:49 pm

I need to come for a party.

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lauren
16th July 2010 @ 9:41 am

i need more cinnamon rolls.

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