This gem is from 2016! :-)
As I sit here, thinking about all that I have to do, to get ready for Lulu's birthday party tomorrow, I think, "how many times have I said I won't do anymore parties here, at our house?". Let's see, 6 kids, with one who's 23, 19, 16, 15, 10 and almost 7. How many parties is that in their lives? Yeah, I am afraid to add it up. I'd save the streamers and party decorations if they didn't have so much fun, and play "who can jump the highest to rip down the streamers" game, afterwards.
Originally, Lulu (Hayden to her friends and classmates) asked me if she could only invite girls to her party. I said yes, and normally, I like to include the "whole class" because there's always that one kid who never gets to have fun. I always think about that..but knowing that she's a little introverted, (unlike her mother, of course) I agreed to only invite girls. When I say that God has a sense of humor, I'm witness, first hand, because when I filled out her invitations, I had my old phone number listed as the contact number, for R.S.V.P. purposes. Well, since filling them out a month ago, I've switched phone carriers, and wasn't able to bring my old number with me, so I have a new number, and it only came to mind to me, 4 days ago. I had the idea of sending her to school with a friendly "Shopkins" (her favorite toys) announcement, adding that my number had changed, and if you'd like to R.S.V.P. for the party, please make note of the new number. That was a "quick fix" or as the saying goes, "the Easy button". Not only did Lulu take them to school and hand them out to the 8 girls invited already, but she also gave them to other friends, in a last minute "popularity high", including boys! So, now I have parents calling and texting me, to R.S.V.P., saying they got a piece of paper, but no address on it.
Did I mention that God has a sense of humor? I am not kidding..I know he has popcorn, kicked back, watching me and my "Lucille Ball" life, laughing his ass off. (HA!)
So, now my day not only entails getting ready for the party tomorrow, but buying more prizes, (for boys), and finding a less violent way to break open the pinata. I had a broken broom stick, but with boys invited, you know that will end up badly. Blood and teeth all over the place..because boys play "ROUGH". I know, because I have 4 of them.
Well, here's to a good Friday, and the good thing about having 6 kids, is that if no kids show up for a birthday party, at least we have the party right here! :-)
