Torvy's party

Last night, we had a party for Torvy's 13th birthday. We were expecting 28 kids, but only 14 turned up. This is a tendency we have noticed - whether this is an English thing or a teenage thing, I haven't fathomed, but many kids will say they're coming and then not pitch, among them often some of the party kid's closest mates. Weird.

Fortunately, those who did attend had a whale of a time, the birthday boy included. We split them up into teams and kept them on the run all night, playing balloon volleyball, table tennis, pool and chüngel (which is always a hit).

Torvy scored a lot of money, which he is going to put towards a bass guitar. We went looking at basses today and he seems to have enough. As he test drove a few of them today, it was the first time John had seen/heard him play the bass and he was quite impressed. There's no denying it: the kid is talented!

The guy who plays bass in my worship band has offered to help him choose a bass and to mentor him. Next week, we hope that he will be able to come with us to actually buy the guitar, after which Torvy is hoping to join the youth band. He also belongs to a boy band of sorts with two of his friends, one of whom is unbelievably talented on the lead guitar and quite the little songwriter - they're just short a drummer at the moment. Any offers...?