My oldest child (R) turned 11 a few days ago. So I decided she could have a few friends stay the night tonight and that we would have a little b-day party. By little I of course mean that there are 20 people in my house.
It took forever to get everyone eating dinner ... I put a tarp down on the floor for the kids to sit and eat on to protect my carpet and they were more interested in playing with the tarp than eating. Eleven kids sitting around the tarp eating tacos or lettuce for the ones that do not like tacos and one 9 month old (almost) throwing bananas from her high chair at anyone who gets close enough. Much fun. A lot of noise. WHAT WAS I THINKING???
So anyway .. 1 girl decides not to stay because she is afraid to be away from her mom. Another girl cannot stay because she has a b-day party tomorrow and one more the parents do not think she is ready. This IS a good thing. R has never even had a friend stay the night .. how was I to handle this group. The boys (2 of them) were not staying .. so now I have a group of 5 girls, my son (A) and my 9 month old daughter (M). A decides to go stay at my brothers because he cant handle 5 girls! Can I please come too???
Overall the party was a success .. the girls are all asleep .. my husband is asleep .. I will stay awake all night as I am used to this. I work 3rd shift. Besides that M keeps waking up which is odd because she sleeps through the night and she has been up 3 times already. I just need to get through a pancake breakfast and the kids going home and then I can sleep .. I hope.
