Herd of Elephants

Anthony's friend knocked on the door a bit ago.  Asked if he could play.  Sure, why not, that is what kids do, they play, right??  At least he is not watching TV.

This boy's name is Michael.  He is a fairly new friend to Anthony.  He was introduced to Anthony by his other friend Max. 

**Funny side note about Max and Michael.  Max brought Michael by to introduce him to Anthony.  Declaring that Michael was Max's personal body guard.  Max proceeds to tell Anthony that he has been feeling bullied and that Max's parents have asked Michael to walk home from school, and make sure no one messes with Max.  No do I believe Max's story, not a chance.  Max is quite the character.

At first Max and Michael would cover to play, and the house would get super loud and annoying, but they were having fun and all was well. 

Lately Michael has been coming over without Max.  Not sure what happened to Max, but again, they are having fun and all is well.

But the last several times Michael has come over he has had several little girls in tow.  They are his little sisters, or one of them is his sister and the others are her friends.  I don't know.

Today, Michael had three little girls in tow.  I thought, what the heck is going on here?

They go upstairs and play wii for a while, and then I hear stomping, yelling, running, and all sorts of commotion.  It sounds like a herd of elephants are upstairs running around. 

I asked Anthony what in the world they were doing, he said they were playing with one of the big bouncy balls that we have.  Which makes perfect sense, but holy cow are they loud. 

After all of todays craziness and so many kids here, I am sorely tempted to not allow this many kids over to play.  Tell Michael that he needs to leave his sisters and her friends home. 

**A crazy Michael side note.  There was one day that Michael came over to play and Anthony was not able to play that day.  So he told Michael, no I cannot play.  Michael then asks Anthony if he could jump on the trampoline (along with the girls) by himself.  I was very proud when Anthony had the sense to tell him no.