Well the house party thing was good but hard. In the wash-up, if you weigh up the fun had etc, with the difficulty of doing it with little crazy children, well, it's a close call as to whether it's worth it. I am glad, in hindsight, that we went, but oh man....
As I suspected the all sleeping in the one room thing turned out to be a blast. We all slept soundly for about two hours, and then were basically awake the rest of the night. Little e insisted sleeping in my bed, and just talked and sang and hit my face a lot until morning. Bliss. And this kept little i awake and crying, and in E's bed.
So, sure, we felt crap the next day, but that's manageable. What isn't manageable are two kids who haven't slept. They grow horns. Their tongues become forked. Their heads spin around. By late Sunday arvo, when we were exhausted and wanted to crash, they were both insane and screaming like feral cats.
Oh, and there were a few good times too.
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
4 comments:
Props for making the effort... that sounds really painful. Amazed all the young families made it out alive.
that all probably sounded very whingey! It was hard, but there were really nice times too, and I am very thankful to all the people who helped us out with the kids, with creche and stuff.
wow. now i really look forward to holidays with my own kids!
jen, there is good stuff too, don't worry! And don't freak out about our Mudgee trip with you dudes coming up... It'll be great:)
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