Day 7- Children's party

Today was just a lazy Sunday...sort of...We had breakfast this morning as a family and took our time, which is a nice change of pace. Catherine was really tired and we needed to get an early nap done. Christina was fussy...and we have now concluded that she is teething, as evidenced by increased drooling, trying to feed just to chew (my wife is so happy) eating our fingers, and just all around unhappiness. So Christina has had trouble sleeping and just chilling...which makes my second leave with a teething child.
I guess I am just lucky that way. I really don't mind....I mean she chews on the bottle not on me. She will be extra fussy, which means I must hold her more and rock her to sleep more often...what better time to be catching up on all those TV shows I never got to watch. Last time, I got hook on Numb3rs, which was awesome...and pulled off the air. Right now, I am watching sitcoms, such as Community and Outsourced...good look on those renewals next season! I also drove to get Catherine to sleep...at 3.50 a gallon! Seems cheap now!
So Cindy was nice enough to go out with Christina while Catherine "napped". Napping for Catherine means she fights for 30-45 minutes before actually falling asleep. So with all the free time, I did was a regular guy does: I did laundry, cleaned up a little and looked up football stats. My life is so exciting! I know, don't be jealous. We then got ready to go a friend's one year old party.
Now, if you have been to one of these, this is a party for everyone else but the one-year old. I know, that's how it was for our Catherine. A bunch of adults trying to catch up on life. And there is usually many, many kids...which makes you grateful that you only have two. Now, as disclaimer to my friends, I am not saying anything bad about any of my friends kids. All I am saying is 7 kids is too many to handle. Wow, I developed ADHD during that time. I was trying to watch football, I got distracted. I was talking to kids, I got distracted by other kids. I was talking to adults, I got distracted by other adults...and by the time I get to be semi-focussed, we've been at the party for 4 hours. So we had to leave.
The party in itself was pretty good. I got to talk to very interesting people about things that I am truly passionate about. I got to play with a bunch of kids different games that lasted 4.5 seconds a game, and I got to see other parents in action. Call me a voyeur (my case is pending) but it is very interested to me. I pick up tricks, ideas but, more importantly, I feel like other parents feel as overwhelmed as I am sometimes. I truly admire any parent who can semi-manage their children in a chaotic party. I also scared the birthday boy, which I am still guilt-ridden about (that's the French-Canadian way of saying things). Hopefully, he'll forgive me. Catherine was awesome and Christina expanded her fan club by smiling and cooing at everyone.
And when we got home, we Skyped (look it up, it's a word, don't listen to spell check who wants me to write skipped) with my parents. After the obvious tiredness of our Catherine, we got ready for bed...which led to 2 potty pipis but more importantly, a caca in the potty. We were so proud of our girl. Catherine has been motivated by other kids at the party. So great!
Tomorrow, I go back solo with Christina! Should be fun! I also got many comments already, which I appreciate. I'll try to incorporate some ideas, as well as respond to some of the responses.