Wow!
@bjscheel! That sounds like a busy night and weekend. Good luck getting everything done!
I'm not sure if I mentioned, but I have been asking my son about a grad party for at LEAST the last six months. He has insisted (over and over again) that he did not want one. He does not personally see graduating from high school as any sort of "accomplishment" and I got an earful about participation trophies and celebrating things that need not be celebrated. (Roll eyes.)
So... by saying it was a big deal to *me* and I felt like we needed to at least offer dinner to the family members who are coming to the actual graduation ceremony, he agreed to having dinner at home after the ceremony. I wanted to have something catered in (mainly so *I* wouldn't have to make anything) and he said he wanted pizza. I tried to lobby for something that's not served out of a cardboard box, but he is insisting on pizza and had woo'ed the grandma's to his side. ("It's his day. If he wants pizza, he should have pizza!") So I guess pizza it is.
He insisted that none of his friends were having parties either. (And, I talked to several of their mothers and he was telling the truth... but the invitations have started to arrive and several of his no-party friends are now having parties after all.) Last night over dinner, he asked me "you know how we're just going to get pizza after the ceremony? Is it OK if I invite a few guys over for it? We can just order a couple of extra pizzas and make a few more snacks, right?" Um, I guess so... what kind of snacks did you have in mind.
Let's just say that this is turning into more of a party than I expected... and graduation is 9 days away. In good news, most of what he's requesting can be made the day before... and we're going to order the pizza but 1) I wanted something nicer, and 2) this is going to be a lot of work. (Maybe not as much as bjscheel is doing this weekend... but more than I wanted to do!)
Edited to add: He told me today that he invited 10-11 friends. Um, there were only 12 people coming in the first place. He's essentially doubled the size of the party. And he told them all it's super casual, just stop by if you can (so no RSVPs). How do you plan for that?! Argh. Stressing me out.