It is winter here and to break up the cold horrible weather we decided (5 of us) to have a mid winter xmas party. We had it at my place and there were 5 mums and 6 kids (3x 2.5yrs, 2x3yrs and 1x7yrs) the weather was crap so it was inside. We had a picnic potluck with crackers etc. We also did a craft making a snowman with cottonballs etc and a pin the nose on the santa game as well as a xmas video going. I had hired out some toys from the local toy library and set up a hut in the main room as well. Anyway the 7yr old, one 3yr old and one 2.5yr old were horrific!! They kept running around the house letting the dog back inside and then being terribly mean to her, going into my room and getting things out that they shouldn't etc, anyway I was starting to get stressed out telling them to stay in the main room and getting a little peeved that the parents who are good friends seemed happy to leave me to deal with it while they chatted etc. I couldn't wait for it to end. Was I expecting too much or would you have helped to keep an eye on the kids in such a situation and disaplined them when hurting my dog etc?