Oldest Son had the honor of being the first Beary to celebrate his birthday here in the UK. We decide to have a party for him and invite the kids in his year. The problem then became that there were kids that he really did not want to invite, but because the school was so small we felt that it was not a good option. We instead assured Oldest Son that those kids would probably really not come anyway. (and I might add, we were correct!)
Little did we know that when Oldest Son handed out the invitations, that the party would go viral. The invites were intended for year 10's only. There are a few year 8 girls that are a bit, umm, crazy. They somehow got a hold of the invitation, copied it and distributed it. The funny part of it all was I had inadvertently put the wrong phone number on the invitation. I had also purposely not put the address of our home on it either, figuring that I would give it to them as they RSVP'ed.
That day I received an email from Oldest Son's form teacher, she requested a meeting with me. I met with her that day and I have to say that when I left she had me wondering what I was getting myself into! Apparently, there are at least 2 boys that are very wild in his year. Oldest Son had also been talking to several of the guys and drinking seemed to happen at some of the parties as well. He went back to school the next day and told the kids that asked that there would be no drinking or drugs allowed at his party. Then, we sat and waited.
As the party grew closer, very few kids had RSVP'ed. I had one call from a concerned mother, she would only let her son come to parties if she knew exactly what was going on. I did not blame her after what I heard from the teacher.
The day of the party arrived and we were nervous. We had a total of 5 kids that had RSVP'ed. One then canceled and another was not expecting to make it. The morning of the party, 4 other girls emailed me to let me know they wanted to come.
So, as the evening approached, we started preparing for the kids to come. I cooked up a storm. Oldest Son's favorite cornflake chicken, kale chips and baked beans. The start time for the party came and went. So, we sat and started to get a little nervous.
Apparently they had all coordinated to arrive late, as at 6pm, cars started rolling in and kids started arriving. We ended up with Oldest Son, one other guy and 6 girls. I served the food that I had prepared and Super Handsome started on the pizzas. Meanwhile the kids had started with watching The Sorcerers Apprentice, which ended after about 30 mins. They all just joked around and ate and fought with the balloons that were all over the room.
They played a bit of Rock Band and then giggled their way through one more movie (Princess Bride) before it was time to go home. All and all I think that it was a good time had by all.
Happy Birthday to my Oldest Baby!
Little did we know that when Oldest Son handed out the invitations, that the party would go viral. The invites were intended for year 10's only. There are a few year 8 girls that are a bit, umm, crazy. They somehow got a hold of the invitation, copied it and distributed it. The funny part of it all was I had inadvertently put the wrong phone number on the invitation. I had also purposely not put the address of our home on it either, figuring that I would give it to them as they RSVP'ed.
That day I received an email from Oldest Son's form teacher, she requested a meeting with me. I met with her that day and I have to say that when I left she had me wondering what I was getting myself into! Apparently, there are at least 2 boys that are very wild in his year. Oldest Son had also been talking to several of the guys and drinking seemed to happen at some of the parties as well. He went back to school the next day and told the kids that asked that there would be no drinking or drugs allowed at his party. Then, we sat and waited.
As the party grew closer, very few kids had RSVP'ed. I had one call from a concerned mother, she would only let her son come to parties if she knew exactly what was going on. I did not blame her after what I heard from the teacher.
The day of the party arrived and we were nervous. We had a total of 5 kids that had RSVP'ed. One then canceled and another was not expecting to make it. The morning of the party, 4 other girls emailed me to let me know they wanted to come.
So, as the evening approached, we started preparing for the kids to come. I cooked up a storm. Oldest Son's favorite cornflake chicken, kale chips and baked beans. The start time for the party came and went. So, we sat and started to get a little nervous.
Apparently they had all coordinated to arrive late, as at 6pm, cars started rolling in and kids started arriving. We ended up with Oldest Son, one other guy and 6 girls. I served the food that I had prepared and Super Handsome started on the pizzas. Meanwhile the kids had started with watching The Sorcerers Apprentice, which ended after about 30 mins. They all just joked around and ate and fought with the balloons that were all over the room.
They played a bit of Rock Band and then giggled their way through one more movie (Princess Bride) before it was time to go home. All and all I think that it was a good time had by all.
Happy Birthday to my Oldest Baby!
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