Half-birthday pizza mayhem

Julia was thrilled to learn she is FINALLY four and a half as of today, and was so excited about it that she felt the need to tell everyone we encountered; the child care personnel at the Y, her friend Mary, her baby-sitter Tamara, my flute student who comes to the house on Mondays, you name it. And while she didn't get the presents she had been hoping for ("Mommy, when I turn four and a half, can you PLEASE buy me lipstick for my present?"), she did get to have a fun evening with her friends Nate and Anja, who came over for a dinner play-date and some general ruckus-making. The big kids, in particular, were so off the wall goofy all night long that it kind of felt like we had a herd of animals escaped from the zoo in our house. (Monkeys particularly come to mind.) There was no shortage of loud "FART!" exclamations (Nate), the wearing of pizza on her head like a hat (Julia), a need to revert to sound effects ("Blah! Blah blah blah!" with tongue out - also Julia), pouring of juice boxes onto slices of pizza (Nate), etc etc. In other words, it was the most FUN PLAY-DATE EVER for the kids and was... something else... for the grown-ups. Here are a few pictures of the revelry; can you tell how wound up and giddy they were?