For years now, Finn has asked to have a birthday sleepover. This request began early - like in the 1st grade. When he was younger, I didnt think it was age appropriate. I imagined boys getting scared in the middle of the night and parents being hesitant about leaving their young sons. Finn never gave up hope, though. Every year he asked to have a sleepover, and every year I made excuses why it wouldn't work. On December 5th 2010, Finn turned 10 years old. It was a big birthday milestone and for the first time a birthday sleepover seemed appropriate. The time was right.
On the second Friday of December, seven boys stayed the night for Finn's birthday. Matt and I have hosted sleepovers before, but never at our house. This was our first time and we were understandably nervous. You see, we have a very small house. Logistically, we realized this sleepover would be tricky. The number of kids had to be limited because we could only fit so many kids in our house at one time. Once we figured out where the kids could sleep, the rest of the plans fell easily into place. Pizza was ordered. Rootbeer, grape, and orange soda filled the fridge. Snacks were limited to popcorn, fruit by the foot, tangerines and sugar cookies. The kids we invited were either children of good friends or boys from school that were also in Finn's cub scout troop. Since Matt is the cub scout leader, we anticipated correctly that the parents would feel comfortable with their sons spending the night. An added bonus was that Matt and I personally knew each of the boys well. There were no surprises with the guest list.
The party was loud and the noise didnt really subside until well after midnight, but that was our only discomfort. Nothing was broken - not any kids nor any home items. Only one drink was spilled and it was done on the floor by Finn . The boys played videogames, had nerf wars and conducted bey blade tournaments throughout the night. The last kid fell asleep at around 1:30am and after several nighttime checks, I fell asleep an hour or so later.
I gotta admit, I loved the entire experience. In fact, I felt like I was on a bit of a high the next morning after I was sure things turned out fine. We will definitely do this again, and maybe not even wait for a birthday to accompany it.
The best thing: Finn was in hog heaven. He was so damn happy - it was impossible for him to hide it. There is no doubt he will remember this birthday for the rest of his life. That makes me super happy.
Happy Monday.
I can remember one of Madison's first sleepover, we were a bit new to the neightborhood and the only girl that went to her school lived across the street, at about 10 pmish.she used our phone to call home and then told us "her mom needed her"...it was so funny...her mom went out on a date with some friends and didn't come to get her for awhile. Madison was 7 or 8 maybe..so maybe they were too young.
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