Alexandra had her 7th birthday last week; on the weekend we held a party for her at home. Here's a few things I've learnt:
- We can break droughts. Not just with canvas, but by planning a party at home. With eighteen 7 year olds coming. Yes, it started to pour about 5 minutes before everyone arrived...
- Don't pay someone to clean your house the day before - save that privilege for after...
- Next time we play games where people get wrapped in toilet paper, and three dogs later get to chew on said toilet paper, spring for better quality than Homebrand: the type that fingers won't go through, and dogs don't chew into a billion microscopic bits...
- 3 x doggy guests = 1 x cat stuck on roof all day...
- Don't provide balloons - somehow, small boys can manage to bash them hard enough into other kid's faces to split lips...
- Just because she says she wants a pinata, and even though she's had a bash at the pinata several times before, don't assume that your daughter REALLY WANTS TO BASH the doggy pinata she nagged you to buy... unless you like to hear blood curdling screams and to see rivers of tears through doggy face paint...
- Sticky tape's great for sticking pinatas back together again...
- Somehow, it's all not so bad when she's going to bed and you hear the words, 'That was the best day ever!'...
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