Samantha has a party

I just said to Steve last night that I am not overwhelmed at all with 5 kids. I hear it all day from people "I don't know how you do it...blah blah blah" I just do it that's it there is no clear explanation. With that said I will tell you I have LOST MY MIND. Seriously, it's gone. I don't know what happened. First where did October go? Do you know next week is Halloween - freakin Christmas is gonna be here before I know it. I put things down and can't remember where I put it. Just this morning it took me 20min. to find my sunglasses.

So this brings me to Sam and her party. It was a Halloween themed party for 40 kids. We were having it in the backyard and it would have been perfect. Well then it RAINED ALL DAY. I had a rain date on the invite but once I saw Sam's face the morning of the party I couldn't put it into effect. So here we go transforming the inside of the house into a haunted house and preparing myself for all these kids to be running around. This is where I tell you I have LOST MY MIND.

For about 20min. we have non-stop kids coming through the door. Toward the end when most of the kids had arrived Steve looks at me and says "This is nuts have you lost your mind?" YES YES YES I am trying to tell you I have lost it.

Here's the calm before the storm:


I had the kids group themselves into 3's and then they had to pick a mummy and the other 2 members then had to wrap the mummy - the first team that had a fully wrapped mummy who could walk won - here you can see Grandma cheating and aiding a team:



here you can see Steve cheating and helping a team:


Bella looking the best so far. See this team was smart - they picked the smallest to be wrapped:


Steven,Jr. was the mummy on his team - they are working on it:



here are the finished Mummy's - Oh Bella's team soooo won this - I mean look at her....



8 large pizza's later and the kids are fed:


Some had the nerve to ask for a seat....what are you kidding me?!?! Sit on the floor what do I look like a restaurant? Hey I had seats but only for like 1/2 the group.


After Pizza they wanted more games so freeze dance it was:



Singing Happy Birthday - Cha Cha Cha


Most of the scary crew:



Lesson learned: Even though the giant pixie sticks look cool and made for cool centerpieces they are not smart for 30 ( luckily 10 kids didn't show) 4-8 yr olds. One Pixie stick was like the equivalent of giving them a 6 pack of red bull - it wasn't pretty.

Sam did say that Monday morning in class everyone was practically dead from all the craziness. Oh and 2 boys got sick after the party FROM ALL THE SUGAR - JUST SAY NO!!!