Remember how I mentioned that we were having a sleep-over this weekend to celebrate Asa’s birthday?
It was SO MUCH FUN!!! Everyone loved it…even me…the lone female in the house.
However…
Six boys came over ranging in ages from 11-13. And um…remember how I mentioned that maybe I should light some scented candles and air out the house before they came? *cough*
The boys began arriving at 5:00 pm on Friday. I am NOT kidding when I tell you that by 5:13 pm I began to wonder if I’d be able to make it through the night and continue to breathe at the same time. Shoooo-ey.
;)
I fed them the promised “Junk Food Buffet”…a lovely arrangement of pizza, hot dogs and french fries (with watermelon…I had to throw in some fruit!).
And then, we crammed all 12 of us into two vehicles (roll down the windows, please) and we went to the bowling alley. (We had free passes…so all the kids got to bowl for absolutely free. Wow.)
Okay, but is it just our bowling alley…or is there a universal bowling alley stink? Open the door…and you’re immediately greeted by this thick, heavy, slice-it-with-a-knife stink that grabs you around the neck and picks you up and threatens to knock you against the wall. After a moment of blinking really hard and fast and gagging a few times…then you just sort of suddenly get used to it and it becomes a part of you. After swimming in the stink for an hour and a half…you walk back out into the fresh air, relieved to be away from the deep fat fried cigarettes coated in sweaty shoes…and you think it will all be okay again. But no. The stink is now clinging to every part of you…and you can’t get away from it. It’s in your clothes, your hair, your skin, your eyelashes, your watch band and under your fingernails. If you move even slightly, a part of the stink releases itself from one of your skin pores…and you are now well aware that indeed, you stink. So, so much. And you can’t even try to get away from it. The stink has become…you.
So maybe your bowling alley doesn’t have the stink and you don’t know what I’m talking about. (I’m so happy for you.)
But we piled our stinky selves back into the van…came home and had some chocolate cheesecake. I enjoyed my cheesecake…but I gotta tell ya…I could hardly even stand to be around myself at that point. So much stink.
Having said all of that though…let me emphasise to you how much fun the party was. It was so stinkin’ much fun!
All of the boys that came are just super kids and played great together. What I appreicated most is that they all included my littler boys in their party without giving it a second thought. They let them join in all their games and they were so sweet to them. They were also all very polite to me and told me how great my food was. And trust me, there were plenty of times for them to tell me how great my food was. After the “Junk Food Buffet” and the chocolate cheesecake…we had shaved ice…and then strawberries, grapes and Pringles. (If you just keep putting food out there…it will be eaten. Wow.) For breakfast the following morning, I made two big pans of homemade cinnamon rolls. Oh, they really appreciated me for those. (I’ll try to post the recipe soon so that you can appreciate me too.)
Asa just had a wonderful time and loved every minute of the party he planned and put together. What a great kid.
It was just a stinkin’ good time.
