My oldest babes birthday party yesterday.
Worked all day prepping for it, as you do.
Balloons and tinsel went up, table settings to make things look pwerty, fun wee gifts for girls to win, flower (chupa chup cup cakes), sprinkle sandwiches, little sausages in little buns, make your own kebabs and bucket loads of games (and money!).
Ah such delight in planning. Such joy for my babe.
Nothing could prepare me for the two hours of 9 year old character traits and out-of-controlness.
End of the day: exhausted, annoyed, disappointed mother, thinking wee guests were rude and quite painful. Sounds awful doesn't it?! Party girl reflecting, thinking it wasn't the party she had expected. Felt that no one had really cared for the party girl. That other friends had taken over and bossed everyone round. At one point the party girl went and hid in a tree. Phew, the mother thought she didn't notice how bad it was! Party girl went to bed dwelling on how dumb party was. Mother came in to remind her of good things that were and to plan for better time next time. Maybe not so many girls, maybe not some of the original list of girls, maybe no party (he he).
Not truly sure what went wrong. But don't want another one of those. My control-freak nature couldn't handle the fact that no-one was listening to my clear instructions for the games, kids were running riot and all i could think of was - flippin heck when will this be over?! I will laugh about it soon i'm sure.
The redeeming thing, i had to quickly think of to tell my sweet gal (who was also a wee part of the rascally behaviour at the party - if you can't beat em, join em!), was that her real birthday is tomorrow and we can have a really special day.
I talked with my mum today, back from England after 5 weeks, and she reassured me that all was fine and that it would be different next time. Ah mothers, they are so right and so needed as voices in the ears of party girls.
Love from the girl who really loves parties and is ready to plan her own now that the just about 9 year old has had hers. xx
3 comments:
Oh man.....I certainly don't envy you having to deal with a group of 9 year old girls...HELP!! Sorry to hear it all was a bit dumb :( But yay for your own party coming up WAHOO!!!
On another note, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for the absolutely DELIGHTFUL card you sent this way with your mum and for the CHOCOLATE!! Oh. My. Word. DELICIOUS!! Such a treat and so very thoughtful of you - felt the love very much so :)
You are a precious lady and it's all just very dumb that you don't live down the road so we can have regular coffees, chats and recipe swapping (love this suggestion!)
Big love to you lovely one and you beautiful girls XXX
Wow love the cakes you made!!!!!
I had a few naughty boys at one of my sons birthdays once....hacks you off for sure!
Have a great day tomorrow x
My gosh - revolting. Parties belong away from home I believe, on their own turf makes birthday kids vulnerable and overwhelmed. And the less kids the better :) xx Love you. Will email soon. Send birthday girl a hug from us.
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