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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    4. You are a brave, brave soul. I don’t know how they handle the noise, either.

      Isabelle loves to scream and squeal, and that’s just one kid. We’ve convinced her she can only do it outside, and it’s still loud, LOUD, LOUD!

    9. You are very very brave girl! Yes – you will never be a Duggar – thank god. your equipment is only under warranty up to a certain point if you know what I mean. (i don’t, but I’m hoping you do).

    10. That sounds like so much fun! My oldest is inviting every girl in her class for her birthday this year..I have until March before the panic sets in!

    11. While preparing, and as the party starts, you wonder what you’ve done, but at some point, you realize it’s all worth it.
      Good job. 🙂

    14. Hello! Thanks for the follow, following you back! Good grief, you are a super hero to host so many little girls. Glad you made it out relatively unscathed… 😉

    15. That is a lot of screaming. I’m not sure I could handle all those girls. Yikes! But, it sounds like they had a wonderful time and it sounds like you are an amazing mother. Kudos to you! And the Duggars have lost their minds.