So Friday after school my 8 year old proudly shows me an invitation while announcing that he really really really wants to go to the birthday party and I check and its on Sunday which of course we have church but it started at 1 so I told him ok we can probably make it if we head out right after church because its a 25 minute drive but doable seeing how sure he was that he wanted to go. The invitation was for a girl in his class that i guess he likes and not in the little girlfriend boyfriend like just his friend. I of course have never met the girl, her parents, her family or anyone but wasn't thinking about that there wasn't an RSVP and he had told her that he was going to be there so we picked out a super cute present and were headed on our way for the first time to Peter Pipers Pizza and her birthday party.
Well how can I explain awkward....first off we didn't know what to do when walking in we have never been to a PPP as stated and we were hungry and hoping for a quick buffet and to let my son join in with the other kiddos while we sit off a bit to give him some space and eat our lunch...didn't happen quite so that way. He was so fired up to be there until we were there and then, what is it I see? shyness from my boy say it isn't so! not my Matthew but yes and I couldn't find the parents there were so many people and kids around not to mention about 6 other party's going on at the same time....not so special if you ask me...but finally was welcomed and introduced by the little girls grandmother after another 15 minutes my boy was in and running around with the birthday girl so we informed the grandmother no mother or father figured out still it was a lot of family and no one else from his class came. I told her we were going to order us some food and scoot of to the quieter side of the store to feed the baby, which we did. I'm not good with mass chaos and kids running rampant as Ive found out during our first year with Cub Scouts so i sat and breathed some relief only to see the restaurant side of the store also was about to be used for another party...seriously? Finally after husband, me, and baby are fed we decide to reenter the party and just in time for presents so yay didn't miss anything after cake and ice cream we broke down and let the baby play some games only $5 worth but still he got 5 suckers and a tootsie roll for that which i think is a win for a 20 month old don't you!?
By the time we left Matthew had had a great time and won like 600 tickets and given them all to the birthday girl (see I'm raising him right) without a question we treated him and his brother to a sucker and I thought what was I thinking going to a party for someone I didn't even know? and I now come December when its birthday party time again at my house I'm going to make an extra effort to welcome and make comfortable the new friends and mainly their parents who come to my kiddos birthday party cause geesh I've been there and that was no fun and I'm all about Birthday Parties being FUN!
Lesson Learned: Be a better host at my next birthday party :)
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