Professor Mother Blog

Best described with statistics- Number of:

• Little girls- 8
• People in the house- 11 (Me, James and Ray)
• T-shirts made with fabric paint- 9
• “Real” shirts ruined from spilled fabric paint- 1 (Elizabeth’s sparkly party shirt- oh well…)
• Times the neighborhood boys “Ding Dong Ditched” the girls (they ring the bell, run away, much giggling, pressing of noses to the windows, and shrieking “Go away!”)- 3
• Pizzas eaten- 5 1/2
• Bags of popcorn eaten- 5 1/2
• Bags of popcorn spilled- 1 1/2
• Sprites drank- 14
• Sprites spilled- 3
• Candles on the cake- 9
• Number of girls who fought over the one pink icing rose on the cake- 5
• Movies watched- 3/4 of Matilda, 1/8 of Wizard of Oz, all of Ghostbusters 2 in the “boys” room
• Girls who cried because her feelings got hurt- 3 (Elizabeth was one of these)
• Times a girl moved her sleeping bag to another place next to another friend- 17
• Areas that had people sleeping- 5 (three bedrooms, the living room and the hallway)
• Girls who put themselves to bed- 3 (Elizabeth was one of these)
• Times I got out of bed to yell “Settle down”- 4
• Illicit chess games I broke up when my son snuck out of the boys’ room to play with the girls- 1
• Good night hugs I gave- 14
• Hours slept- 7ish
• Pancakes made- 63 (they may be little, but they eat like soldiers)
• Syrup bottles emptied- 2 1/2
• Stuffed animals brought for sleeping purposes- 23 (or so)
• Stuffed animals found when cleaning up after girls have left- 7
• Loose random socks found in the couch- 5
• Tired, happy, over-the-top, overly stimulated birthday girl- 1
• Mommy who will NEVER DO THIS AGAIN (until next year, at least)- 1

Overall experience- Priceless…