They played a game called Bigger or Better. Splitting them into two teams, they started with a paper clip and knocked on
doors asking if they could have something bigger or better. Trading up and up
until the game ended in 45 minutes, the Red Team won, returning with an 18-inch
flatscreen TV with broken DVD player. The Black Team did great also, but stopped early, satisfied with a
ginormous working nerf gun ... boys!
"Daniel Bingo” was our wind down before our BBQ dinner and then
flashlights were handed out at dark. On our street, they played Flashlight Tag and Ghost in the
Graveyard until a cake break. Daniel requested an ice cream cake with mint
chocolate chip ice cream, and chocolate cake. Of course, I obliged and created a custom
cake topper for this kid who soaks up the Military Channel like a dry sponge.
After all that? You think these kids would collapse. No! Cue
“The Sugar High”. At 10:30, they watched
Hunger Games (a surprisingly good movie with macabre story line) eating Fire Hot
Cheetos, peanut butter pretzels and carrots. I feel like Overboard sharing food details. I can't help it, it must be in the Italian genes :0)
After the movie, our den rug was floating in a sea of crumbs only The Weiner Sisters and my niece-dog, Cinco, could appreciate.
A pooped out Cinco |
We played many games to tire these kids out. Try as we did,
they still had to be shushed a few times, finally sleeping about 3AM. At my age,
going to bed at that horrendous hour is a bad sign. But to these sticky
little dudes, it meant a fantastic night, an ideal celebration, or unintentional parent torture. You decide.
I hit the hay about 1:30 AM because I knew that chocolate-chip pancakes, homegrown
oranges and thirty soon-to-be-scrambled fresh eggs were calling me after the five hours
of sleep I devoured. It felt like fifteen minutes.
Those boys were up with the sun (an imposter “hen” was coca-doodle-dooing!
Do you know what that means? Maybe another
rooster? Stay tuned) and running around having nerf gun wars as my Teckie and I
worked like a well-oiled machine pumping out breakfast. Of course, with a little help with
some friends.
We get by with a little help from our friends! |
Don't even think of blowing out my candles! |
Wooo Hooo! Raise your soda and let's "cheers" to twelve years of Daniel (clink!).
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