Got my lads 5th birthday party at home tomorrow, looks set to be good weather for the 2nd year running which is a huge relief.
Last year the he & the Mrs invited 15 kids thinking only half would be able to come, only to find they all confirmed! Not only that but a lot came with both parents, siblings and one even bought her grandmother! We had between 40-50 people in the house, I had to heard them into the garden but keep them out of the music room. It's nice to do it at home but I can see why people hire halls etc.
Because the Mrs is on the PTA i think she has more to do with who's coming than he does, it's a political minefield.
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She's now a tweenager so I'm expecting them to start turning up with hookers and blow in the next few years. Then things will get interesting!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youThe received wisdom for home.parties is the child's age plus one, which would have been 5 kids last year. We trebled that!
From initial enquiries it sounds like a similar number tomorrow but I've kept my nose out of the guest list and into the BBC weather app.
Job done. Quite looking forward to this.... although there does seem to be a distinct lack of young ladies on the guest list....
Does sound like a good night though
I’d expect each child at that age to be accompanied by a parent and honestly raised more of an eyebrow when we’ve hosted and kids were just pushed through the front door and left.
They booked an entertainer/magician .....the minute he arrived my brother and I joked to one another that he looked like an archetypal sex offender ; skinny and weedy , long hair but bald on top clown haircut with a combover ,tank top ,horrible wispy little beard etc etc.
My brother said "I wouldn't trust him with kids "
He did his little crappy magic but had a horrible touchy way with the little girls -we felt uncomfortable.He asked for volunteers to help pack up and 3 little girls "helped "with the white rabbit.
My brother listened at the door; sure enough as soon as he was alone he started asking them inappropriate questions and if they wanted to see the rabbits willy etc.....it was leading in a bad direction.
My late brother was absolutely huge,20 stone ex-bodybuilder built like a bull .....he stormed into the room ..........."Right you little fucking pervert"......he lifted the guy off the ground, carried him outside ,gave him a couple of slaps and said get away from this house .He slammed the door and threw his magic stuff out of the window.
He never got the rabbit back which my niece kept til it died of old age and Professor Pervy never came back for his rabbit.
Two old Aunts unaware of what had happened who saw him drive off in a hurry were the first to say count the children we didn't like the look of him !They must have had a sixth sense.
Guess that's why they have these CRB checks etc these days.