Last week, on the very first day of the new semester, my son brought back a birthday invitation card from school. It was obvious that this card was handmade by a child. My son told me that the class monitor was having a birthday. A total of 12 invitation cards were sent out, probably to all the kids who had a good relationship with him on a daily basis. Our child was also among those invited. The invitation stated that the birthday party would be held on February 15th.
As soon as we received the invitation, we checked our schedule for February 15th and found that there were no classes on that day. So, we agreed to let our son attend the party. Then, we quickly started looking for a birthday gift for that child online. I asked my son what that girl liked. He said that recently, a cartoon character that looked like a little hamster was very popular among classmates. Its name was something like Kaka something Pika, but I couldn't quite remember. So, I found a large hug bucket themed around this animal IP online. It was a big stationery gift box filled with lots of stationery, stickers for making scrapbooks, colored pens, and other items. The packaging was extremely cute and beautiful, so I bought it. My son said that his classmate would definitely love it because she was really into this animal IP.
Finally, February 15th arrived. Their activity plan was that from 2 pm to 6 pm, the children would play games in groups at a certain location. There were games like Werewolf, board games, and also Happy Cube, Monopoly, and other card and board games. There were a total of 12 children, and they could freely form groups. From 2 pm to 6 pm, as soon as those dozen children met, they were extremely excited in the room. The sound of children's laughter and noise could be heard from time to time in the room, as if they were going to lift the roof off.
After 6 pm, they walked together to the dining place. We parents just sent the children there, and then the parents hosting the birthday party took care of all the kids. We made an appointment to pick up the children at the dining place at around 8 pm. Suddenly, I thought this arrangement was really good. Parents didn't need to be involved, and we could have half a day off. The children all wore phone watches throughout the process, so they could contact us immediately if there was anything. Moreover, the activity location was quite close to our home, only about a few hundred meters away, and there were also parents watching over them, so there was nothing to worry about.
They started having dinner at 6 pm and finished at a little past 7 pm. After that, they started playing games again at the entrance of the restaurant. The boys and girls were divided into two camps and seemed to be playing a game called "Mouse Stealing Oil," and they were having a great time.
After 8 pm, the parents who came to pick up the children arrived one after another. The parents all said that they were going to take the children home for a bath right away. Although it was winter, the children had been running around for six hours and were all sweaty. They were worried that the children might catch a cold.
However, those 12 children were really reluctant to part. Each of them shouted, "Just five more minutes, please! Just five more minutes!" They really didn't want to go home.
Finally, after much delay, at 8:30 pm, all the children were picked up by their parents, and this birthday party came to an end.
Even after it ended, everyone still felt that it wasn't enough.
This kind of gathering that was purely among classmates without the participation of adults was actually really great.
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上周刚开学的那一天，儿子从学校带回来一张生日邀请函卡片。看得出来，这是小朋友自己亲手制作的。听儿子说，过生日的同学是班长，一共发了12张邀请函，估计是平时跟他关系不错的小朋友都收到了。我们家孩子也在被邀请之列。邀请函上写的日期是2月15号。
刚收到邀请函，我们便确认了15号的时间安排，发现当天没有任何课程。于是，我们答应了儿子去参加聚会。之后，我们赶紧在网上挑选送给那个孩子的生日礼物。我问儿子，那个女生喜欢什么东西。他说，最近同学圈很流行一个长得像小仓鼠一样的卡通人物，名字好像叫什么卡卡什么皮卡之类的，我也记不太清了。于是，我在网上搜到一个以这个动物IP做的大抱抱桶，里面有很多文具、手帐还有彩笔之类的，是一个大文具礼盒。包装非常可爱漂亮，我便买了下来。儿子说，那个同学肯定会非常喜欢，因为她很喜欢这个动物IP。
终于到了2月15号。他们家的活动安排是下午2点钟到6点钟在一个地点，小朋友们分组玩游戏。游戏有狼人杀、桌游，还有开心方块、大富翁等等棋牌游戏。一共12个小朋友，他们自由组合。2点到6点，那十几个小朋友一见面，在房间里简直欢腾得不得了。房间里时不时传出小朋友嘻嘻哈哈喧闹的声音，感觉都要把房顶给掀翻了。
晚上6点钟以后，他们一起走向吃饭的地方。我们家长都是把孩子送过去后，主办生日宴会的家长就把孩子们张罗好。双方约好晚上8点多去吃饭的地点接孩子就行。突然觉得这样的安排挺好，家长不用参与，还能抽闲半天。孩子们全程都带着电话手表，有什么事情也能立刻联系到。而且活动地点离我们家比较近，大概就几百米的距离，还有家长看着，所以没什么不放心的。
他们6点钟开始吃饭，一直吃到7点多一点就结束了。吃完之后，大家在饭店门口又玩起游戏来。男生女生分成两个阵营，好像在玩叫老鼠偷油的游戏，玩得不可开交。
8点多以后，接孩子的家长陆续到了。家长们都说准备赶紧回家给孩子洗澡。虽然是冬天，但孩子们疯玩了六个小时，也是一身臭汗，怕他们着凉。
结果那12个孩子难舍难分，每个人都喊着：“再玩五分钟嘛，再玩五分钟嘛。”都舍不得回家。
最后时间一拖再拖，终于在8点半的时候，家长把所有孩子都接回去了，这场生日聚会才结束。
结束之后，大家都还有种意犹未尽的感觉。
这种纯同学之间、没有大人参与的聚会，其实非常不错 。
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