We now have a 12 year old! So hard to believe!
His choice this year was to have a 'prank' sleep-over. We had 7, twelve and thirteen year olds for the night. Equipped with whip-cream, whoopee cushions, pop rocks, hand buzzers, snapping gum, silly string, etc. It might sound overwhelming, but the group is a great bunch of kids. I think they all had a pretty good time. They spent the evening swimming, playing laser tag, water guns, getting each other with silly string and rounded the evening off with fireworks. Monitored by Tyson of course. Snacks, Pizza, fruit soda, buffalo wings, and Brayton's request....a large cookie cake! (my first attempt.....seemed to be a hit!)
It is easy to put aside Brayton's age because of his height.....until you group his friends around him. One of his friends, Alex, is as tall as Tyson....at 12yrs. old! Brayton has some catching up to do!
With me being a bit handicapped this was Tyson's production. We tried to talk Brayton into postponing the celebration a week, but it only resulted in tears. I did as much as I could earlier this week then handed responsibility over to him after surgery. He did a great job.....I was not much help. I think the hardest part was staying up late monitoring. The boys did stay up later than Tyson could last.....that is when the whip cream came out.
We were one less boy, Davin went to his friends house for the night. We do miss him, but it did help to not have the 'strongest' personality in the house. There are times when the age difference is VERY evident!
The party is winding down as I write this, they are still bopping around the house. Tyson has done a bit of clean up. All in all the house is still standing. I don't think there was any property damage and no one was hurt. I take this to mean it was a successful celebration. Tyson has warned me regarding the bathroom........7 boys using one little bathroom.....ew. Maybe I will call a helper in. :)
***as for me.....I had splints removed yesterday. NOT a fun experience, but quite a relief. I think recovery speeds up from here.
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