Sam decided that he wanted to have a birthday party with just his friends this year (which actually ended up being 3 cousins and 1 friend). I was a little apprehensive about keeping 5 little boys entertained for the whole party. I had a few games lined up, but those took up all of 10 minutes before the boys started needing to burn more energy than they could exert on Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
Enter Seth and our 11-year-old nephew AJ to the rescue. We were lucky to get decent weather for Sam's birthday so the boys all played football outside for almost 2 hours. They had a great time playing and my mom and I had fun watching them from inside. Elena was a bit disappointed that the majority of the party was spent on something she had no interest in, but once she accepted the fact that a bunch of preschool aged boys will not sit and play dolls for 2 hours like she would, she was OK.
After 2 hours of running around, the boys were ready to join Elena in an activity that was more up her alley: stuffing envelopes for the 800+ Christmas cards we are sending to Seth's clients. She outlasted the boys by far, though, and I've still got around 500 to go :)
Note to self for next year: make sure to check the toilet seat and floor around it before going to the bathroom when there is a house full of little boys. And keep those sanitizing wipes handy!
Included with Sam's card from my parents was this picture of my 5th birthday. I'm sure it seems like an ancient picture to Sam, but to me it doesn't seem so long ago:
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