Brendan's Birthday Party

Brendan is approaching a milestone birthday. He will be moving into double digits on the 30th which I guess means he is technically entering the preteen years. (help!) This year for his birthday party he really wanted to go to one of those fun hotels with an indoor water park. Yes, that would be fun, but the bill of $300+ for a birthday party is less than fun. So his second choice was to have a sleepover. Okay, not as expensive in terms of money to order a cake, pizza, get a movie, some popcorn and snacks, and breakfast for 5 boys. But it does cost you some sleep!

Three out of the five guests spent the night and the other two left the party at 10:30 pm. It all went pretty well actually. They got a bit crazy with the Nerf guns but then I'd redirect them to quieter activities like a board game. They actually played Risk and Stratego for a little bit which I was thankful for! They also played Playstation, the Wii, and watched a movie. By 1 am, I had to confiscate the Nerf guns and make some threats for them to quiet down. They set an alarm for 4 am which I heard, but they slept through it and woke up at 8.

After breakfast, I heard a big crash like something fell down and thought they threw something over the staircase. It was only until I went into the bathroom for a Kleenex that I noticed that the plastic cover to our ceiling light fixture had fallen down! Brendan's room is right above that bathroom and they were all running again with the Nerf guns. Good thing no one was in there doing their business when that fell down!

It's so interesting to listen to them talk to each other. They talk about kids at school who act funny, they talk about music, they talk about movies, they talk about sports that they play and their favorite teams, and they make up funny scenarios or just try to be goofy.

I tried taking a group picture but they ran and didn't cooperate. So this is all I have from the night.