In my experience boys dont like organized party games. I remember our brothers having epic sumo pillow fights in the basement and playing with fireworks. Just dont plan on getting much sleep. And make sure they dont try to leave the house in the middle of the night to make mischief in the neighborhood. Good Luck!

Now that my four sisters and I have grown out of sleepovers, it has been fascinating to watch my younger three brothers have their own “sleepovers”. The terminology is crucial: Girls have “slumber parties”. I supervised the 12th-birthday sleepover while my mom was out of town….WISE MOVE on her part! It was actually great fun: You basically cannot have too much food; I thought we’d over-prepared and it was just enough. Also, although the guys will want to “hang” it will be helpful to have some options handy even if they’re just the suggestions you’re going to make that cause them to say “Uh, actually, we want to XYZ”. Finally, be prepared to get creative when it comes to shower time. Girls overpack for slumber parties, boys tend to forget their toothbrushes. For instance, after several hours of horseback riding that afternoon, I was told “nobody can take showers, because we didn’t bring any clothes.” Apparently they thought I looked dumb! When I told them, that was fine, we had lots of boy pajamas they could borrow, suddenly everyone’s pajamas materialized. And only two boys went through the shower before I realized I needed to specify, “Showering with the army helmets does not count.” It’ll be SO fun.