Emily had her birthday party last night.  No, it’s not quite her birthday yet – but it’s difficult arranging parties around spring break, concerts, and the birthdays of her best friends (which just happen to be the same day and an adjoining day).

There were 10 girls total – all 7th and 8th graders – that infiltrated the house after 6:30.  A pile of cheese pizzas were attacked, Capri Suns consumed, and then were on to the presents.  The cupcakes pictured above were decorated by Emily (with chocolate numbers made by Linda).  The girls loved them.

The highlight of the evening was an unlimited pass at PowerPlay (think grown up Chuck E Cheese).  Video games, laser tag, go-karts, rope course, and lots more video games were enjoyed by the girls (and me and Linda) from 10pm until midnight.

The girls all returned to the house for a sleepover – every square inch of floor space in basement was occupied.  I headed off to bed after arriving home as I needed to get up and work in the morning.  Linda, however, attempted to stay up to monitor the partygoers.  The plan was for them to all be asleep by 1:00am.  Unfortunately, this is the Facebook post I noted from Linda when I got up at 6:00am:

In the interest of self preservation, I have decided that 7th graders that won’t go to bed when told to repeatedly are dumb and not worth my time. I’m going to bed.

After several naps today, I think the girls are back to themselves.  However, I’m sure an early bedtime and further naps tomorrow will likely be necessary.

The best thing – they all had a lot of fun!  We love you, Emily.