Senior son has recently been to his first sleepover birthday party. There were 3 recent release videos, McD's for dinner and cake and pancakes for breakfast. I was terrifically impressed with the organisation of this family. But not ambitious.
So when Senior Son's birthday rolled around this past weekend, we made our normal style of invitations on the computer (we put different pictures on everyone's invitation so they are personalised) and had 5 kids round for food and play for three hours. I insisted that we shop for the numbers coming rather than the whole of the school (R does tend to over-cater a little bit). I didn't want any junk food leftovers. We didn't organise any party games, but I think that next year we should.
Everyone arrived on time, and played okay for a bit. Then one kid was getting disappointed because he couldn't organise any soccer, so we went out and started playing with him, and the others joined in, so everyone was happy without us having to do anything more than get involved. The one kid kicked the ball into the kitchen window! Bummer. There was glass EVERYWHERE. Including lots on the cake. Took quite a bit of cleaning, and I cut the top of the cake off, because I have heard bad stories of what happens if you get little bits of glass in your stomach. So we carried on. The kid that kicked the ball through the window though - that kid also kicked the ball into the face of the bub. Poor guy - he certainly didn't mean it either time.
All the food was eaten. The godmother stayed on for pizza. Excellent presents were received. The parent of the window breaker has offered to pay for all of the replacement, but I'm only letting him go halves. We survived and no shouting was involved. Overall, a perfect party.
Posted by Toni at April 30, 2007 08:33 PMBroken windows can really ruin a party, we had a glass door shatter all over a shared lunch when the wind blew it shut, however not all food had been put on the table and some of it was covered so we still had plenty.
I'm glad your holidays went well. I was so busy with Chicago, we couldn't go away. Have plans for next holidays but have 2 teacher weddings to attend!?
Have you got plans for life after the army?
Posted by: Giffy at May 2, 2007 01:45 PMMany many plans, but they change so often...
Posted by: toni at May 2, 2007 08:01 PM