Play dates

Ella has attended two play dates since school ended. I thought it only fair i allowed her to plan a play date for her friends at our house. I thought this was a great idea since we would be moving and i would only have to do it once. I started calling around and found that Sunday afternoon would be a good time for everyone. Well, i had forgotten that Sunday also happened to be July 4th. Great, now we would be having an Independence day party. Angela was going to come home with us after church, Emma and Lisa's mom would drop them off and Derek and Melissa's mom would stay and help me out. Emma and Lisa's mom brought her nephew and left him too so i was glad another mom offered an extra set of hands. Eric was here too. He stayed on clean up duty most of the day. :) 10 kids made for a very busy day. The boys split into the boy room

and the girls quickly formed a fashion show that included all kids of tricks on Ella's gymnastics bar. They ate pizza and ice cream

and a few took a swim. Our boys were thrilled at all the company and the fact that they had other boys to play with. What was supposed to last 3 hours lasted 6. A long day but everyone had a good time. I wouldn't mind doing it again. Good thing since Ella is asking when she can plan another one. :)