Imagine twelve kids with unlimited access to multiple bowls of candy and frosting. And imagine these kids had this access for five straight hours. Now imagine what the car ride home was like and how our bedtime routine went. And now imagine the nightmares! Then add a crazy thunder and lightning storm that led to a power outage! Yep, the last 18 hours have been memorable.
The three youngest D's
My friend hosted a lovely party last night in her beautifully decorated house. She little gifts for all the kids and parents, graham cracker pieces glued together with candy glue, and bowls of candy covering her table!
Only half the candy
The kids played outside until it started to rain. Then the fun really started!
After the houses were built, the kids played video games, watched Christmas movies, attempted a game of Monopoly (doesn't work too well with babies on the floor), and played hide-n-seek in two rooms. Two rooms and 12 kids. Not a lot of places to hide there! IJ's friend (the one that stayed at our house for a few days) reminisced on how great our house was for hide-n-seek, especially when the power was out! Then we had a pizza dinner!
I saw some very creative houses: a mansion, a tent, a licorice log cabin, a Tootsie Roll wood pile, and a reindeer also made from Tootsie Roll!
F figured out she could eat the candy instead of gluing it on her house. So her house was the simplest of the bunch. We moms enjoyed drinking coffee and chatting about homeschooling and homeschool curriculum.
D enjoyed graham crackers and his first piece of licorice. This kid is eating nonstop! He found a Red Hot on the floor and got a surprise!
We had so much fun! The meltdowns were totally worth it. And since this is an annual tradition (this is my first year going), I'm looking forward to it next year!
