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We survived my middle son’s 7th birthday party. His birthday was actually in April but, being the fantastic planner that I am, we just had it last night.

My son made it through about 75% of the party before he threw up. Good thing it was an outdoor party. Poor kid. He’d been excited all week and all day. Talking about it all the time. Then during the games he started to sit out cause he didn’t feel well. He tried to participate in some and did get to open his presents before he let loose right in front of all the parents eating their BBQued hotdogs and hamburgers. Guess his excitment was just bubbling over ! (Sorry, that was gross.)

He seemed to feel a little better afterwards though and got some play time in, in the tent. It was a fun party otherwise. We did a camping theme and set up a tent for the kids to play in. We BBQued hotdogs and hamburgers but didn’t get to the s’mores. We had a scavenger hunt for bugs, snakes, lizards and frogs (the rubber kind) played a link tag game, had a donut eating contest (the donuts were tied to a string and hanging from a pole and the kids had to eat them with their hands behind their backs), and ended with a pinata.

Once again, after it was all over, I vowed not to invite so many kids next year, but I’m sure I’ll forget that vow by then. We always have the challenge of added numbers with school friends and church friends. I did get to invite all his school buddies to VBS though, which is a definate plus. Also we had the interaction with church families and school families which was cool.

It was an exciting but good night. Hopefully, next year we can keep his excitement contained.

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