the sleepover

-sleepover is a complete and utter oxymoron the boys got maybe 3 hours of sleep last night
-I did not get a whole hell of a lot more
-we need a bigger house preferably one that has a common area far away from our bedroom
-of course that lends itself to a whole host of other problems
-these kids can eat
-they are loud
-any pangs I may have about just having 1 child can easily be cured with a sleepover
-I have enjoyed the hell out of all the laughter & frivolity in the past 16 or so hours

parenting question #472

what is your policy on sleepovers?
C was invited to a birthday party, a sleepover and David is uncomfortable with it because we do not know the parents. It is not some child he met on the street corner, they go to school together and as far as I know they aren't sacrificing a goat or anything(at least it wasn't mentioned on the invite). It is a group of kids from his class invited to a sleepover birthday party sort of what we are planning on doing for C this summer with kids whose parents we don't really know. Sleepovers were a huge part of my kidhood both at my house & at other people's houses and I do not see the big deal. Yes I know bad things happen I don't have my head in the sand but we will not be covering some of more more paranoid overprotective fears in the blog today. C has been allowed to attend sleepovers with 2 other children that honestly we didn't know their parents all that well either so I am not sure how to convince hubs that this will be okay. Or we have the alternative telling C sorry no fun party with your friends you get to be the kid who is stuck at home with your parents.