How To Have A Birthday Party For An 8 Year Old Boy

1. Don't invite more than 2 or 3 boys. Unless of course you have nerves of steel.

2. Make sure it's a nice day so you can send them outside to expend energy.

3. If the boys you've invited are in the same class & you also decide to let them ride the same bus home? Realize that they've had all day together to work themselves into an insane frenzy.

4. That said, be ready to relax your standards on what is considered appropriate talk. Be prepared to hear words like; pee, poop, fart & puke. A lot.

5. But don't hesitate to request no burping in public. (Other people were starting to stare.)

6. Give them all gum. That way they can blow bubbles & pop them in each others faces repeatedly. What? It kept them fairly quiet & contained until the pizza came.

7. Take lots of photos. I was too unnerved by all the loud, crazy testosterone to do that & I'm kicking myself now.

Micah & Jacob.

Micah & Jens.

Oh & Amy? Wow. You have four boys. Like every day. I see the need for at least one Mom's weekend per year for you. At least by the time you hit the teenage years. In five years. Is it a date?