…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.
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 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 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.
OH man, that left ME exhausted and I wasn’t even there!
ET?! Who knew?
I so could never do it on a daily basis, my two boys are crazy they need no help or competition!
Ahh man ginger bread men so much fun!!! what a wonderful time and sweet mom.
How come hubs always gets to hide? Mine does that often!
You’re awesome.
3 pizzas??? what kind of math was he doing? we go through 2.5 here with 3 boys and only 2 eat them
I couldn’t be a Duggar, either. My 3 are loud enough.
To have that many girls in your house- you are one brave mama!
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Been there, done that with the kids over parties. And yes, I’ve also been known to hide out in the bedroom too during one of the girl parties.
I’m lost…..who is a Duggar?
Seriously, kudos to you for hosting such an event! You rock mama! May I add that I could never be a Duggar either…THAT is just CRAZINESS.
From what I remember of my childhood, your hopes will come true on all fronts 🙂
Kudos to you, what a wonderful – and patient, LOL – mom you are!
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I am very impressed! I would dread, DREAD, doing something like that. I’ve got 4 years til she’s 8 so hopefully I’ll be up to it by then. But no hurry. 🙂
You are a brave mom! Sound like alot of fun though.
Wow this is such a neat idea for sure.. I can’t wait to do this.. Have a great day.. I know I would not want to be the Duggar Mom what 18 0r 19 and counting.. No Thanks…
You are one awesome mama! That sounds like so much fun. I love how you write about it too, I felt like I was giggling along with ya!
I don’t think I need to host a party for 10…err, 11…..to know I don’t want to be a Duggar either! Yikes!!
And I think your hubby overestimated on that pizza count so there’d be plenty left for him! Haha!
with our 5 kids the noise level is defeaning sometims. we could never live in a duplex or an apartment. But it seems on those tv shows they never make much noise unless thats edited out?
I had a party for my dd like that when she was 10. I agree that you can never have enough activites planned for that age group.
So glad you survived and yes, hubby was a smart man for hiding! I could not be a Duggar either. Been an only child and can’t imagine so many people in one house.