Just shoot me now...

[elisi]

It's Little Miss M's 7th birthday on Saturday. She'll be handing out invitations today which is very late, but we hope and pray that some can't come. She's inviting 14 children... which adding her and her sister makes 16 if they all come. ::bangs head repeatedly on table:: I'm glad that she's a popular little girl with many friends, but damn - where are we going to put them all? Our house really isn't all that large (semi-detached, 3 bedrooms). Thankfully Darcy is very good at organising these things, but he's very much a last-minute man which drives me up the wall. *sigh* Anyway - in case I seem to go missing this week, you will know why.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday Miss M! Hands Momma a large bottle of aspirin.

[elisi]

Thank you - I'll need it!

[frimfram.livejournal.com]

Aw - happy birthday to your daughter. If they're only seven, they can't be ::that:: big, right - so you could put them under the tables, in little drawers etc... :)

[elisi]

Hee! I was actually more thinking in terms of seating arrangements. Although if we use all our chairs (including garden furniture) and put some of them on the sofa we might just get by...

[kathyh]

Happy Birthday to Little Miss M and...um...best of luck to you. I'm sure Darcy will come up with something!

[elisi]

Thanks! Darcy will definitely come up with something - I'd just rather he did it now instead of Saturday morning.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Have fun - enjoy it - the kids will, even if they DO all come!

[elisi]

I know, it's just that I'm not very good with chaos...

[shapinglight]

Kids' parties!

:trembles in remembered terror:

[elisi]

Heee! Thank goodness that Darcy is good at these things.

[poshcat.livejournal.com]

Holy frelling hell! We let the girls invite four kids, the end. We learned that from the time we invited 8 kids and they all came.
Gah! That was enough to harden our hearts, no matter how many little friends they want.

Now I want to come to your party, just to watch. :0D

[elisi]

It'll all be fine really, since Darcy is brilliant at this sort of thing and loves it as much as the kids. It's a medieval party btw, so he's been wondering if there was any way he could make a game with jousting... he's settled on a pinata to be pierced by a lance. (If it was summer he'd totally do up bikes to look like horses!)

Me, I'm just looking forward to Sunday...

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Just make sure there's plenty of ice cream and you have some games planned, and you'll survive.

[elisi]

As I said to poshcat Darcy is the organiser - I'm the one who makes sure that all breakables are far away!

[danceswithwords.livejournal.com]

It's a good thing you don't have an infant to deal with in the midst of all this. Oh, wait...

[elisi]

Hee! Thankfully m-i-l has offered to help, so I know it'll all be OK - but still I just want it all to be over asap!

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

but we hope and pray that some can't come

Hee! Spoken like a true birthday party veteran. I've started having all of ours at various party places - not as much fun maybe, but no clean-up! Make sure to order enough cake to have left-overs. ;-)

[elisi]

Spoken like a true birthday party veteran
Oh yes - we have a cupboard full of T-shirts! ;)

order enough cake to have left-overs. ;-)
Order cake??? Darcy will *make* a cake like he has all the other years - he's quite the wizard in the kitchen! I could even post some pictures to prove it...

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

Lucky you! I occasionally make the cake - I once made a pretty cool Spongebob Squarepants cake. ;-)

[elisi]

Darcy made a Spongebob cake for Impish Girl's birthday in the summer, but it didn't quite turn out right... at least it tasted lovely.

[gillo]

Been there. And November - you can't just throw them all out into the garden.

Lots of traditional party games - hard work to plan, but it restricts the time available for mayhem!
Good luck.

[elisi]

you can't just throw them all out into the garden.
If only...

And Darcy is busy planning medieval variations of several partygames already!

(and hee! Icon!)

[gillo]

Darcy is a brick. Encourage his part game talents.

(and hee! Icon!)

Glad you like it. The background really is our (newly done in January) kitchen. What other accessory could a girl want?

[elisi]

I encourage him an *awful* lot!

And your kitchen looks lovely from what I can see!

[kittyzams.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to Little Miss M, and best of luck to you and Darcy! :)

[elisi]

Thanks. I'm sure it'll all be fine, but I much prefer peace and quiet!

[sweet-ali.livejournal.com]

Hee, good luck my dear!

[elisi]

Thanks. So far 3 can't make it which helps a lot! :)

And your icon is brilliant!