a sleepover birthday invite

Two Saturdays ago, SJ was invited to a classmate's 12th birthday party.  SJ was super excited about the invitation.  We were having a St. Patrick's Day party that same evening, but we told him he could go to Jack's party.

The day of the party he made himself a "to do list".  It was very important to him to get all these things done before the party.  Here is his list.

I dropped him off at Jack's house at 6:30.  I said I small prayer and hoped he would fit in.  I put our phone numbers in his backpack (just in case).  We never got a phone call, so I assumed that was a good thing.

My husband picked him up the next day at 11:30.  He was extremely tired, but he was chatting to my husband about the party.  Jack had a lot of fun things at the party.  He had a pinball machine, an arcade game and several video game systems. 

When SJ got home, he went straight to the play room to watch tv on the futon.  He stayed up there for most of the day.  He fell asleep a few times.  

I was just thrilled that he was invited, blended in and enjoyed his friend's party. That is what we strive for him socially.