Jan 17th is my oldest boys' 9th b-day. We're going to have an over night Star Wars party theme for him on the 16th. He's got 5 boys
coming. Plus my 6, that's 11 kids in my SMALL 3 bdrm house!!! AAAHHHH!
What was I thinking??? lol
It'll be very interesting. I figured we'd do the "Party Thing" and then around 9pm we'll set up their bags in the living rm and pop in The Star Wars 1&2 episodes to help them settle down. (ya right) We'll see how that works.
My dh has to work the next day but he'll probably head off to bed early which is fine with me, he needs his rest. I have my 16 yr old neice that is going to stay and help mainly feed the babies in the morning. I was thinking about making bacon and pancakes for breakfast for the older kids, but I may just buy a bunch of different cereals and let them have that. Not really sure what I want to do there yet.
I could fill them up on all sugar cereals and then send them home...hmmm that's a thought. }> LOL J/K I'll let you know how it goes!


Taunee

"Children are a Blessing from the Lord"

Gotta keep telling myself that!

Taunee

"Children are a Blessing from the Lord"

Gotta keep telling myself that

you're not nuts, but you are a superstar.
it will be hectic, sure, but having the video is a smart idea and you know, it is only one night of your life. instead of making them pancakes and bacon, why not just go with eggos? much easier for you. problem with buying lots of sugar cereals is they will each want half a scoop of five different brands, and make huge messes.

again, it will be a birthday to remember, and you are being wonderful.
xo tess

tess
mummy to 7yr old ds & the triumverate born 2004

Hi,
I've been dong this for my oldest (12 in Oct) since he was 8. We have them about every three months and his friends love it! (Parents think we are crazy too) My feeling is: what the heck only 6 or 7 more! AS for breakfast, do the little cereal pack thing, alot of kids are pretty poor eaters and you may go to all that trouble for nothing! Good luck and happy napping the next day!

Karolina
Mom to b10/11/91 & bbb 6/14/00

I think it sounds like a FUN PARTY! You'll probably be a little nuts after it's all over, but that's just temporary insanity! LOL

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HI Taunee,

You are NOT nuts. We do this too. I think it is very important to let the older kids have the life they want as much as possible (within reason!!) One of the things we CAN do for them is let them have sleepover parties on their birthday. I usually limit it to 4 kids, although I let one boy have 5 once so he would not have to leave one of his good friends out. We start after dinnertime - about 7:00. Tell the guests to eat a light dinner if at all. I order pizza at about 9:00, then they open presents and have cake. Sometimes a child can not sleep over and I have them stay till 10:00, this way they catch the main party stuff. They do have friends who are not allowed to sleep over and this works great. They can play as wild as they want till about midnight. They have to let the little brothers play for awhile - with the 5 year old till 9:00, with the 10 year old till 10:30 (for example). After that the brothers have to leave them alone unless invited. NO BEGGING!!! LOL! (By the way, the babies go down at their regular bedtime, so far.)

DH goes to bed early and wears earplugs! After midnight, they turn to quiet play. Sometimes we let them stay up all night and sometimes they need to go to bed (someone has to go somewhere the next day). I always poll the parents on this. If one needs to go to bed, they all do, though I do not police whether they go to sleep. At bedtime we put in a video and make popcorn. They will go to sleep or not (usually will) but they have to lie down. If I am allowing them to stay up all night, they play quiet stuff in their room. Believe it or not I have not had them be loud enough to wake me up! I go to bed a little after midnight, after seeing to it that they have quiet things to do. Video games or board games, looking at card collections, etc.Wear earplugs! That way you can sleep but will be able to wake up in an emergency.

They usually sleep late in the morning. I like to end it by 9:00 so we wake them at about 8:00 for breakfast. This way I get plenty of sleep too. DH will cook if he feels like it - pancakes is the favorite. If yours won't be there, I would opt for the cereal. They alwasy love those little boxes. Maybe some fruit too. Then they have a few minutes to play before their parents come. It will be great for you to have your niece there - piece of cake!

You didn't ask, but I have taken to buying party favors from the dollar store. The older kids don't need those goodie bags. Dollar Tree here has lots of cool toys for $1. WHen they break, it was so cheap no one cares. Also last time I bought them each a bag of candy from there, a HUGE hit! I buy pizza, make a cake, they drink Koolaid, and have popcorn. That is my only expense. It has really worked out great and I actually like doing it!!

Throughout the year they will have ONE friend sleep over for no reason and we work it pretty much the same way. I usually a, in bed at my usual time.

So you are not nuts, and we are not heroes!! LOL Just regular moms. Let me know how it goes!

Kari S.

Mom to BBB 21, 18, 14
BBG 9/25/01

Taune, its so funny to read your post because my DS has had a Stars Wars sleep over his last 2 birthdays (Dec 9, he turned 9). The great thing about boys is they dont need any planning to have fun. His first party Ihad planned a bunch of "great things" but boys would rather run and play. So at this years party everybody brought swords and played in the backyard. We live in CA so my kids play outside all year long. I think youll see its a lot less work than you think. My ggg's are 4 and the day they ask for a sleepover (poor mom!!!)Good Luck!!

Tami SAHM to:
Robbie 9
Claire
Avery
Kennedy
Oct 22 99 @36wks

Ya I'm not doing a whole lot of planning. I'm going to have a pinata ( a soccer ball or something round) and turn it into the "Death Star" and let them have at it with "Light Sabers". And we now have 6 kids coming. Good thing he doesn't have any more friends. lol
It'll be a blast. I have a ton of patience. I did a pirate party for my now 5 yr old when he turned 4. I made an actual pirate ship cake and we traveled to the beach ,with the cake, had breakfast over their and then did an actual treasure hunt. My mom took a treasure chest (actually looked like a real one) with his present inside and buried it in the sand, then we marked it with a black X and made him a map to follow. I put a red bandana on him and used my black eye liner to put stubble on his face. He looked very cute.
I'm sure we'll have fun.
My DS is really looking forward to this.

Taunee

"Children are a Blessing from the Lord"

Gotta keep telling myself that

Taunee

"Children are a Blessing from the Lord"

Gotta keep telling myself that