dazed birthday boy with friend eagerly eyeballing his chocolate chip pietoday is gus' 8th birthday! we have had an extraordinarily noisy and busy weekend to celebrate it. and the fun isn't even over yet--i'm bringing 2 dozen triple-chocolate brownies to gus' class tomorrow (in an act of sheer passive-aggression against his school). actually, i'm just mean that way--i really do love his school.
ANYWAY, on a side note, i no longer fear hell because i've experienced an 8-year old's sleepover party. we had NINE very active, very noisy, occasionally destructive friends spend the night on friday. my ears are still ringing. the noise level was impressive--and much of it came from gus. we only had one meltdown (by a kid, not by us), one or two mild incidents of physicality, and one broken window. no one threw up, which was a total bonus, and no one wanted to go home. i think the kids had fun overall--the only problems arose when it was getting late (like 11:00) and some of the kids were getting really tired while others were really wound up. we made them all sleep in the playroom together (except the one who had the meltdown--he got to sleep in gus' bed) and as a result they didn't get to sleep until close to 2:00 a.m. it made for a fairly low-key morning, though. of course the main reason for sleeping in the playroom is because we can close the door and have them sealed off from the rest of the house.
sadly, it didn't dampen gus' enthusiasm to do this again next year.
happy birthday to gus!
the night of madness...
...and the morning after (that playroom is a godsend)
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