This weekend’s tale of the tape:
4 10 year old boys
1 annoyed 6 year old girl
2 basketball games
1 baseball game
3 innings pitched by The Boy
8 strikeouts
0 runs
1 softball game
1 pizza
1 cake
2 2-liter bottles of soda
3 ipod touches
1 Adam Sandler movie
2 bags of chips (1 nacho, 1 potato)
1 riled-up dog
1 backyard tent
1 hour spent assembling backyard tent
1 boy attacking backyard tent with wiffle bat
50 degrees
5 hours of sleep
1 loud neighbor
1 ill-advised exchange with loud neighbor
2 air mattresses
1 living room fort with air mattress walls
4 burping contests
1 clear winner of burping contests
2 insinuations of secret girlfriends
1 impressive blush
3 boys wearing the same clothes the next day
28 pancakes prepared
22 pancakes eaten
1 dog looking suspiciously well-fed
3 wii tournaments
2 rounds of living-room wrestling
0 name-calling
0 injuries
2 wiped parents
1 successful sleepover