How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

I could never be a Duggar….

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…or Jon and Kate, or a member of that family from Table for 12.

There must be way too much noise in those houses, often there is too much noise in mine.

I helped to host a wee Christmas Party for my girls Saturday night.
Each darling daughter was allowed to invite 4 sweet friends.
Count em. That equals 10 partying people. Then we had a crasher. Ha. At a kids Christmas Party! Note to self, that one is going to be trouble.

So now the head count is 11 squealing, yelling, giggling, opinionated little beings in my home.

That’s a ridiculous number of little people in a home.

Hubby hid in the bedroom. Smart man.

We ate, decorated gingerbread men, painted ornaments, painted nails, watched a movie and danced the night away.

You can not have too many activities for 11 girls between the ages of 8 and 10. They rip through activities….well like, kids on Christmas morning. As fast as humanely possible.

Now I know this was a party.
I know I gave them too much sugar.

(FYI you know it’s too much sugar when candy is being thrown around like weapons of mass destruction)
But you can’t have a party without pop and candy!

But good grief those 11 little girls were loud!

I did learn a few things….besides that I could never be a Duggar.
I didn’t know that even though I was “the Hero” when I purchased Jim Carrey’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas (cause it was rented out of every stinkin store in the city) I was wasting my money. They lasted about half an hour with that flick. Apparently the most exciting part was the preview for ET! You have not heard girls SCREAM until that cute little alien face has popped up on your 52 inch Sony. Ha ha.

I learned that despite your Husbands math of 2-3 pieces of pizza per girl. Equaling 6 pizzas, you will only need 3. Huh? Oh yes, forgot to factor in the loads of chips and candy. Duh.

I now know I should always have a towel at hand. you know, real close by like. For when hyper girl knocks over her third cup of lemonade.

I have learned that hide and seek is the king of all games, and the beast of all time killers. Also, it’s free.

It’s over and we survived, the home survived and there were no injuries, no tears.

I am proud to say I made it through with a smile on my face and just a twinge of a headache.

I am thrilled that although my girls are tired, they had a great time. All the work was worth it for those smiling faces and huge belly laughs.

I hope my girls remember this, our second annual Christmas Party for their friends fondly.

I hope they always want to have parties together!

I hope we are making memories that last a lifetime.

I hope that we all recover in time for the next party….

Merry Christmas.

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    3. I’m chuckling, absolutely loved this!
      I was a party crasher as a kid; anywhere was better than home sometimes. Slumber parties were the best. We would listen to records, paint our nails, tell scary stories, ect.
      Thanks for sharing, and stirring up the memories. xo

    5. I think of our family more of Brady Bunch than Duggar. At least I feel our life with teenagers most fits Brady Bunch. lol

      The upside of all the noise and drama is we do have lots of fun with all the teens.

    6. Wow! What a wonderful time they must have had, reading about all those activities, I almost wish I had been invited. You’re a great mom, terrific memories and think of all the other moms hearing about what fun their kids had and bitching that they will now have to keep up Lol!

    7. The more fun the children have at home, the better. Then they will always associate home as a safe and happy place. the outside world is dangerous enought, and they will always have a refuge.(HOME)

    10. Aw love this! Sounds like the girls loved it and you were a hero.

      I’m so looking forward too/dreading throwing crazy kid parties.

    13. Sounds like you had your hands full…and you’re right, I could never, EVER under any sort of circumstance be a Duggar. Glaad the girls had a good time! 🙂

    14. Thank goodness it’s a whole year away!

      You said it with the word scream. Girls can scream and squeal at the most obnoxious pitches, can’t they? They make up for it with their giggles though. 🙂