Shaun Groves
I’m sitting on the grass bwteen Brody‘s house and Brian‘s handing five year-olds off to arriving parents. They all made it all night long, in the dark, in tents, with dogs howling in the distance and frogs croaking. All us adults had bets going on how many kids would bail and which ones. We all lost.
I don’t think we’ll ever invite thirteen kids to spend the night in the yard again, but it was fun. Lots of juice, glowsticks, marshmallows and flashlights and lots of help from Brody, Kristin, Uncle Brian and Aunt Amy getting kids to cooperate.
More later…from Columbus, Ohio.
Just Matt says:
That little Coleman on which you toasted marshmallows looks nothing like the Fire you and Brody bragged about planning to have…what happened?
brody says:
I think it may have been reason… but I still wanted a real fire.
Grovesfan says:
Shaun+Brian+Brody+13 five year olds+fire= BIG ER VISIT! The 5 year olds all have a desire to see age 6.
Beth
Shawn Bashor says:
So tell me honestly. Was Brody yours and Brian’s first pick on who would bail first? He strikes me as being affraid of the dark.
Anon says:
Lots of work, but tons of fun, I bet!
Just Matt says:
Brody man – you gotsta push for the fire harder next time..none of this pansy wansy gas grill stuff!
no longer nancy says:
i have a feeling that this was just the beginning of many campouts in your “cult-de-sac”.
Shaun Groves says:
This was the second actually. The first was sans other five year olds. Next year’s will be too I’m sure.
The fire decision wasn’t really made, it just sort of evolved out of Brody’s inaction. He wanted a fire but didn’t dig the hole and find some logs. Thus, no fire. We borrowed the gas grill from Jamie, a never-before-blogged about but very blog-aboutable cult-de-sac member. It was probably the safer choice.
In spite of that, Brody won’t need to shave the back of his hand for a while. Roasting stuff on a gas grill is easy. Apparently lighting one is not.
Tracy says:
I don’t know how much fun you guys had, but it sure is nice to see Gresham with a smile on his face and looking healthier!!
Just Matt says:
Thanks for the true story Shaun. Brody you gotta put a little more effort in next time. You got 13 5 yr olds there man. Give half of them a shovel & tell them to dig. Then send the other half on a “treasure” hunt to get wood. Its as simple as that. You’d have your blaze of glory in no time.
Albert says:
This sounds like some real life research on the “How many 5 year olds could you take?” post from Brant’s blog a while back. Was it to test if you could feed them all smores and then stick them to the wall to incapacitate them?