Six Hrs w/ 11 boys

Tanner had his first slumber birthday party. What do you do with 11 boys for 6 hrs? They are always excited to come into a playroom w/ unfamiliar toys. That was nice because they kept them content for a little while. Next we broke out the wooden crocs for the boys to paint. Soon enough the dinner arrived... Pizza. After pizza we sang Happy Birthday to Tanner and ate cake. While we were on our sugar rush we added more sugar with s'mores around a camp fire. The boys got a little schooling on how to build a fire from Tanner's older cousins Derrick and Brett. Once the bellys were full from all the sweets, we let them run off a lot of their energy by giving each child flashlights and glow sticks. Then came time to settle down and the opening of the gifts happened. I learned this fun game while opening gifts. The birthday kiddo sits in the middle with all of his friends sitting in a circle around him w/ the gifts that they brought. The kids are given a sack "hot potato" and music is played while the sack is passed to each kid. The kid that is left w/ the sack in his hands when the music stops is the kid that gets to give his gift to the birthday kiddo. When we finished that game, it was time for PJs and brushing teeth. The boys tried to go out to the tent but they were still full of rambunctious play, so they were all pulled in to watch some Scooby Do. 11pm rolled around and we had 3 kids already asleep. Cole was the first to go.. he was super excited to sleep in the tent and slept out in it alone for at least an hour. Then came midnight and I put the rest of the kids to sleep in the tent by being a watch dog and making commands... "No more talking..... leave that alone.... turn that flashlight off... lay your head down...."
French Toast in the morning for these 11 sweet little darlings.