Ok, so this past weekend was my step daughter Elizabeth's 13th birthday. Agh....... she's a teenager! I knew what I signed up for when I promised her over the summer that she could have a few friends stay with her in a hotel room for one night after her party.
BUT.. I just want to share my weekend with you all for a minute....
We did the bowling birthday party- which went off without a hitch. Earlier in the day I had left the house to check into our hotel rooms and to decorate hers for later and what not.... We did the bowling thing and headed to the hotel around 8:15pm....
When you have a large span in age like I do, there will tend to be conflict.... Jake is 8 months old and Elizabeth just turned 13.... and sometimes meeting needs can be difficult to accomplish. WE- by that I mean the hubby & I took Liz and 3 friends to a nearby hotel for a night of fun following her birthday party. However, my poor Jakie was not on the same page as the rest of us, he had ideas of his own. He has recently become more vocal about his likes and dislikes and didn't want to go swimming in the pool because it was too late and really he should have been in bed... We only had about an hour before the pool would be closing so we all changed and ran down there. Jake was kinda unwilling to cooperate while I changed him, but he went along after a few minutes. He loves watching other kids play and gets excited when he can get "involved" in some way on his own level. Well. as it turned out they didn't get to go swimming after all because some poor kid had thrown up earlier and the pool was closed. Anyway, I said all that to say that making everyone happy is sometimes a chore... The girls did end up having fun - they played twister, and did makeovers and stayed up all night long. The next day Elizabeth was soo tired.
But everyone did have a good time. I was glad it was a success, but I am tired today- I could have slept all night after waking up from a 2-1/2 hr nap.
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