This evening my teenaged daughter hosted a party for about a dozen (!) of her friends. The truly unusual piece of this is that when my older children have invited that many buddies over, we've been fortunate if HALF of the invitees showed up, so it was a shock to be invaded by THAT MANY eighth graders. (And I've already told her--NEVER AGAIN!)
As I write this, the birthday boy of tomorrow is lounging in the living room with about six of his friends and the entire group is decamping to another friend's home shortly. Meanwhile, the youngest is crying the blues about not being able to sleep due to the noise from the teenagers vs. the quiet conversation of the collegiate crowd.
I know, we have a larger number of children than many--hubby and I are both quite fond of youngsters, to the point that our careers as well as our personal lives revolve around youngsters. But I think the gang of 12 13 year olds qualifies us as gluttons for punishment. Who would challenge that?
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