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Nathan's birthday celebration was Friday night; we started out at our house with 4 of his little friends, took them bowling and then back to our house for cake and presents. Following this event, I promised myself that I will never, ever, again speak ill about my children's behavior, nor will I allow my husband to speak of the children's behavior in a detrimental manner. The reasons are as follows: at one point at the beginning of the party I entered my sunroom to find two of the partygoers SCREECHING at the tops of their little lungs. I have never heard such a sound come from a human body, much less a human so small and a human who is not being hacked to death by a machete. These little boys RAN through my house, made bodily function noises at the table and continued to disregard any requests on my behalf for quiet. I am not sure what happens to these little darlings when they arrive at someone else's house but I have warned all of my boys that if they should ever think of acting this way at our house or at someone else's house, they will surely be sent away to military school. I am so very thankful I have good boys.

From this birthday celebration, I have also learned that as a parent, you must ALWAYS use caution when speaking about personal information in front of your children. I have shared the following story with my friends, because it makes me laugh and it also scares me to think about what children say OUTLOUD sometimes. My husband Pat and I took two vehicles to the bowling alley Friday night. I had two little darlings with me and Pat had 3 with him. I was discussing sports (imagine that) with my two little passengers (both 7 years old) and then the two of them went on talking about various sports injuries and getting hit in the "weenie" with a ball...the weenie conversation went on for most of the drive (just a short drive...maybe 5 minutes...but) and then I heard something come from the mouth of one little darling that has scarred me for life. The little boy says..."you know, it hurts getting hit in the weenie but 'my dad, he has one of his testicles that don't work'". YES, he said that...exactly what I wrote. At that very moment, I thought I was going to wreck my car and wet my pants. How could I not laugh outloud? It is very hard to hold a laugh like that inside your body but at the same time I was completely MORTIFIED because I know this man and his wife. He would die a thousand deaths if he knew that his baby son told the world (well, just me and another 7 year old, but still)that one of his testicles did not work. Can you imagine ???? I guess I am thankful that all of our body parts are in working order and this is a glaring reminder to me and my friends to watch what we say in front of our kids. (it was tooooo funny though).

I suppose the main thing is that Nathan had such fun with his buddies and they are a sweet little group.....I did notice however that Nathan and his little buddy Jack (who was our neighbor in our other neighborhood) were so much better behaved than the other children, which makes me very proud of my boy!!

"My mother taught me to walk proud and tall, as if the world was mine. - Sophia Loren