The next time I decide to host a party at my house, please stop me, using force if needed.

[LeftyMom]

That was noisy, and expensive. Fun though.

The best part was after everybody left and I got to take a nap. :)

LeftyKid is now the proud owner of: enough nerf weapons, plus extra gear like targets and laser sights (yes, really) to conquer a foam continent, enough model rocketry equipment to recreate the entire Apollo program, two sets of camping gear, three new computer games, a pitching machine, enough books to supply a small school's library, a noisy electronic dinosaur he can take apart and reassemble, even more Lego sets, and a partridge in a pear tree. And that's not counting the stuff that went to his Dad's house.

[Pierre.Suave]

1. That sounds awesome

I wish I had some of that stuff now. I would be having tons-o-fun...

[LeftyMom]

3. Toys now are so much cooler than when I was a kid.

Or maybe he just gets better stuff because he's the only grandkid on both sides. Either way, he's sooooo spoiled.

[Pierre.Suave]

7. They are.

I did have some model rockets when I was a kid, they were hella fun. I learned how to "arm" them with makeshift "warheads"

[AlCzervik]

2. Sounds wonderful, was it his birthday and if so happy birthday to him. Legos are the best.

we still have a ginormous bucket of them.

[LeftyMom]

5. He got so many Legos for giftmas.

They had the really big sets at Grocery Outlet for $15, and the smaller ones for $5-10 ish, and he was on a huge Lego kick, so he got a ton of them from me.

[The Straight Story]

4. Tell LeftyKid the wife and I say Happy Birthday

Sounds like it was quite a haul :)

[LeftyMom]

11. not quite as bad as the year he got tired opening Christmas presents and started crying.

That sucked, because we had to calm him down long enough for him to find his new bike. Then he was okay. :D

I'll tell him Happy Seventh for ya.

[The Straight Story]

12. My daughter just turned 7 (here's her pic)

[flvegan]

6. Eeeeexcellent. I want to conquer Foamtopia. I now know who I need

to lead my army.

Whoa whoa whoa...hold on...I'm rereading this. A "pitching machine"????? Sigh...LeftyKid Papelbon. What a dream.

[hippywife]

8. Oceania is at war with Foamtopia.

We have always been at war with Foamtopia.

[flvegan]

15. I. am. Spaaaarta!!!!

But, for...you know, Oceania.

[LeftyMom]

9. You are not recruiting LeftyKid for The Other Evil Empire.

Anyhow, shouldn't you be burying the bodies of your brain eating zombie pibble hoarde's latest juvenile victims?

[flvegan]

16. We don't bury, we cremate.

Better that less evidence is left behind.

I get challenged to fewer fistfights via PM that way.

[tigereye]

10. I quit hosting kid parties several years ago

now we go to the local cyber cafe and the kids play computer games together (pre-teens) - that is the big thing around here.


Mostly after those parties I used to host when my son was smaller, I needed a beer, stat. It's great not to have to chase small ones around the table and make up party games... :crazy:


You have my empathy.

[LeftyMom]

13. We had a good time. I just hate crowds and noise, and got both.

And I had to clean up my house. :O

Maybe next year we'll just go to the park.

[tigereye]

17. I always joke that parties are a guarantee that the house gets a really good

going over.


House cleaning is not my favorite sport.

[Robeson]

14. I'm sure LeftyKid is on cloud nine....

...glad he had a good time. Now, get some rest! ;-)