Things we do for our children

I was trying to think about what to write this morning.  Thoughts were going through my head.  One of those thoughts was that I am going to Chuck e Cheese later with my six year old for a birthday party!!  That made me think…oh the things that we do for our children.

I wrote earlier this week that I had a vomiting/headache issue that took me to the ER on Saturday.  Where I do feel a million times better than that, I still have this very dull headache.  Lucky me, I get to spend 2 hours at Chuck e Cheese with a headache!  Whoop whoop.  This places gives me a headache when all feels find and dandy, I can’t even imagine how I am going to feel come 5pm.

For those of you that don’t know, Chuck e Cheese is a family entertainment center with indoor rides and games for children.  There are always a million screaming kids and parents who allow their children to run around like crazy people.

Anyhow, my 6 year old was invited to a birthday party there for today from 3-5.  He deserves to go to this party.  I am the mom who still attends the party with her kid.  Not because I can’t leave him or don’t trust him, but because I am flying in solidarity with the parents of the birthday boy.  They shouldn’t have to manage 10 6/7 year old boys all on their own.  Yes, I understand that maybe this is what they “sign up for” when having a birthday party, but I can do my part.  Noah is an amazing 6 year old boy, but still a handful.  God Bless the parents that invite him to a birthday party, they have no idea the havoc that he can cause.

I am so thankful for a 6 year old who likes having his mom with him at birthday parties.  I will be bringing a book with me and sitting down most of the time, so he can be with his buddies without my hovering.  I will be close by so that if he needs me, I am there.  More than likely, I will just offer a helping hand to the birthday boy’s parents.  Spend most of the time in the backdrop watching my boy having a good time, hoping that my headache doesn’t skyrocket.

Happy Saturday Friends!