B's Birthday Party

Before I had children, experienced moms would tell me about the behavior of boys, including such "joys" as wrestling, burping, fighting, farting, screaming -- You get the picture! With that said, I am not sure what I expected when I invited 7 year old boys over to help Brendan celebrate his birthday this Saturday.

The day actually started with this first realization: a flat tire on our van!

We called Triple A and eventually had to have the van towed to the shop because they could not loosen the spare underneath. Then, I had to have a mom who was dropping her son off stay at the house while I went to get the van during the party! oops-

As the boys arrived, they immediately begin their sports repertoire. They played football, basketball, baseball, a little soccer, and anything other sport they could imagine. All of that made them hungry, so they devoured some pizza and snacks.

At the table is where the fun really began. One of the boys burped loudly; the rest of them started giggling and began their own burping. Trying to be the responsible mom, I cautioned them from burping. What resulted was a symphony of other bodily noises that I would have gladly traded to get the burps back. They were making fart noises executing the instruments of their hands, arms, armpits, and even legs!

I finally surrendered and just laughed, realizing that I had no other choice! The rest of the party was fun- We had brownies and ice cream, threw water balloons, and just had silly fun! Brendan was thrilled and had a great party!

I realized that sometimes you just have to let boys be boys. The crazy things they do just make them who they are, and I wouldn't want to change a thing about my boys.