Surviving a children's party 101

In short:  You need to start praying.
Hard.

All in all, we had 10 kiddies running around, crying, playing, fighting and having a good time.
We sang 'Happy Birthday', blew out candles. ate cake and hotdogs and chips and other things that made little children's blood sugar spike to the high heavens and back.
Then we played game after game, the only highlight being Musical Chairs.
Finally time to open all the gifts.

At 3, another boy showed up, his mother being the mother of 4 children, and she kind of took over.  
Sent by some divine force.

At half past three, another miracle occurred:  The ice cream truck drove by.
There must be a God.
9 Euros later, each child was armed with an ice cream, and they proceeded to play quietly and calmly on their own - no interference from any adult required.

The weather gods were very kind to us.
The kiddies were sad to go.
Son#1 got the Mother Load of gifts and toys.


I can only say that it was actually a good experience.






.