We lucked out with a bunch of football themed decor from the Dollar Store since it was Football season. I made a little scoreboard to cover up a picture that hangs by the dining room table. We asked all the boys to wear their favorite jersey- funny they all wore Broncos!
He only invited 4 friends since it was a sleepover. It was our first and though they were good, I'm glad we kept that number down a bit! Come midnight- 4 extra boys in the house seemed like 40! (Big Brother got to invite a friend, too- but he didn't spend the night. We usually let him invite a friend to keep him busy and not bugging the older boys, but somehow it doesn't always work to our advantage!)
After a quick dinner of pizza, we headed to the Batting Cages. We were fortunate with weather. The skies looked black and ominous, but the rain stayed away from our little part of town! Luckily, we had plenty of time outdoors to try to burn off some of their energy!
After that, they played some football. It's nice at their age that they can organize activities without us having to lead the whole thing!
Next, we headed to a nearby park. By this time, it was raining. The plan was to launch water balloons with a new launcher he got for his birthday. But, since they were wet in the rain anyways, they decided it would be more fun to run into the balloons being launched. After they were good and drenched, they finished off with some fun at the park and we headed home for cake and gifts.
Around 10pm, they weren't settling down at all. They had already played with his new Glow in the Dark Nerf football set, played with these glow stick balls I bought and were starting to get extra rowdy. I had planned a few "Minute to Win It" games, just in case this happened!
The first was to move the oreo from their forehead to their mouths. Another was to balance dice on a popsicle stick. Another was moving Smarties from one plate to another. I think there were more, but by now I can't remember them and don't have any photos to remind myself! They had fun, but it went quickly. So, we through in a movie. They all started to get sleepy and I suggested we watch the rest in the morning (around 11:45pm). They got all ready for bed and must have gotten a second wind. That is when they really got going! They all slept in the basement, but we could hear them up in our room! Apparently, one of them (maybe you can guess from the photos above) was extra wild and was rolling over the rest of the kids. I'm pretty sure there was a lot of silliness from kids and gas- we'll leave it at that!
I was the bad guy and went down around 12:30 to get them to settle down. We didn't hear much again until around 7:30am. They finished the movie, ate some chocolate chip pancakes and played Wii Just Dance until their parents came. A couple went to church with us, which made it the longest birthday party we've ever hosted!
But, probably the funnest according to Biggest Brother! (Can't wait for next year?!?)
