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.

    • Comments

    1. I can’t imagine hosting a big party like this,you are a bugger for punishment as my granny use to say

    2. awww what a good mom you are. I couldn’t be a Duggar either.. #1, I like my hair the way it is 😉 #2, I’m totally lacking in the patience area.

    3. I couldn’t be a Duggar or any of those others either. I try to have parties with the kiddos and am so happy when it is over….most recently 8 8-year-old cub scouts invaded my house for cookie decorating…still recovering.

    6. That sounds like so much fun! I’m glad they were able to enjoy it together, as it is true, it will be any time now that they won’t want to be “friends” anymore! Mega-Props to you, mama!!

    7. Oh boy what a crazy party! Sounds like it was quite the happening place! I’m assuming you survived since you were able to write this post!

    8. Your girls are going to cherish these memories. It sounds like a big ‘ole pain, which means you are a great mom to put yourself through that for your kids’ sakes.

      Merry Christmas!

    9. Sounds like quite the sleepover! Props for surviving!! I wish I had a little girl so I could do something like that – but all I have is Mister Monster – 1 lil boy – maybe one day he’ll have a campout in the back yard – doubt I’ll be invited because Im just mom but it’s worth a shot! 🙂

    12. Sounds like an awesome party!!! We’re having a holiday party for my husband’s family this Saturday and I know it will be a lot of fun, but it will seem a lot quieter when they are gone. My husband is one of 8 and we have 10 nieces and nephews, plus our 3. Out of the 13 kids, 10 of them are 11 and under. Eeek!

    14. sounds fun. sounds as if their enjoyment exceeded your efforts. a good party is better than all the presents in the world. and it is all about the mom. lame mom: guaranteed lame party. however, i think you can be a terrific mom and still throw a lame party. funny how it works that way.