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February 4, 2006
Natural Disasters
The sleepover birthday party
My skull is still reverberating with the shrieks of a hundred or so (or at least six) six and seven-year-old girls, and it’s nine hours after they went home.
I may have developed a twitch.
Somebody shoulda warned me.
Individually, these girls are all darling and adorable and everything wonderful that first-grade girls should be. Together, they’re . . . they’re . . .
LOUD.
Navy Guy called it Night of the Banshee. He’s got a twitch, too.
It was great through the part where they all arrived and started playing. Loudly. Then I sent Navy Guy off for the four large pizzas. By the time he got back, I was a little desperate – only a little – because everyone was hungry “STARVING.” (Loudly) .
But one girl didn’t want pizza, so she asked for a hot dog. This started the Amazing Domino Effect of “We all want hot dogs.”
Every single one of them. Loudly.
(Anybody want some leftover pizza? We’ve got four larges.)
At one point, the shrieking seemed to reach a new high, and I went running into the foyer, to discover my daughter – my darling delicate Princess -- MOONING the girls from the balcony.
This is not something we ever, EVER do around our house, not being drunken frat boys, so you can imagine the shock. (Princess and I had a little CHAT over that one. This time, it was ME being loud.)
After games (Loudly) and cake (Loudly) and presents(Loudly) , it was nearly 11 and time to calm down, so we blew up air mattresses and put everyone and their sleeping bags in the family room, with me on the couch. Then I told stories until eyes were drooping, and everybody was asleep by 11:30. (We did lose two of them to “I want Mommy” by 11.)
This morning, Navy Guy made pancakes and bacon for everyone and there was more shrieking. Much shrieking. Well-rested, pancake-fueled shrieking.
But we were smart. We’d asked the parents to come over by 10 to pick them up. (Did I mention my four-hour nap this afternoon?)
I think I’m still twitching. Good thing I love that kid.
Hugs and happy weekend,
Alesia
ps In book news, I got a ROCKING new review for Blondes Have More Felons, which is coming out March 7th!! And I've gotta share, since someday I want to send Princess to college (where she can undoubtedly practice her mooning skills). Onceuponaromance.net said: Blondes Have More Felons is saucy and clever. Every word was a delight to read. Every scene vividly painted. A terrific blending of mystery and humor.
It's not every day somebody says "every word" was a delight, so I had to share. (Loudly)
Posted by Alesia at 7:46 PM | Comments (6)
Comments
She MOONED her little buddies? And she's six? Hoo boy! I can't wait to see how many twitches you have when she's sixteen!
Posted by: Eileen at February 4, 2006 10:16 PM
I got a twitch myself just reading about it!
Posted by: TeresaH at February 5, 2006 2:34 AM
You're a brave woman, Alesia. LOL!
Posted by: May at February 5, 2006 7:54 AM
And congratulations on the fantastic review! You deserve it. You earned it. Now revel in it! Perhaps the purchase of some jewelry to celebrate it would be appropriate . . .
Posted by: Eileen at February 5, 2006 10:12 AM
Definitely time for alcohol. Lots of, LOL.
Posted by: Michelle C at February 6, 2006 6:42 AM
OMG--that is hysterical!! She MOONED them?!! I love your daughter--she can come over to my house ANY time!! DD#2 had a slumber party when she was 8 and her friends took pictures of each other NAKED!! This was BEFORE my digital camera, mind you, so I had NO idea what was on the film until I got it back from Wal Mart.... At least you don't have any PERMANENT evidence of her behaviour--I was never sure what to do with the pictures! Did I frame them and give them to their moms as a souvenir? Keep them to use as black mail later? Lord, I was afraid I was going to jail for kiddy porn!! Jeez--the things kids do to their parents....
Posted by: Sheri at February 7, 2006 6:33 PM
