Danger! Excitement! Finger Foods!
You haven't lived until you've attended a Halloween party for 25 kindergartners. It was edge-of-your-seat excitement from start to finish.
Watch as a horde of squealing kids rush into the street to greet arriving guests. See all the attending parents shrieking and chasing after them. That was just the first 10 minutes...
Musical chairs...to the Time Warp. Loved it. Really enjoyed all the cheating and fake-outs, as well as the Boy Who Would Not Move. To my way of thinking, his was an excellent strategy.
Pin the bone on the skeleton...but where? Where to put the bone? Heh heh heh. She said "Bone." Dirty minded parents unite!
Freeze dancing...to the Monster Mash. My daughter accented each pose with her protuding tongue. I'm so glad we paid for 2 years of ballet. The poise and grace is really showing.
Bobbing for apples...my daughter went first, but ew!
The final death defying act: piñatas.
Because, yes. Let's take 5 year olds, hop them up on sugary snacks and then blindfold them and HAND THEM AN ALUMINUM BAT and yell "Hit it! Swing it harder!"
I think I held my breath for 10 minutes. Despite keeping the kids in a ragtag line, well out of the firing range, assorted younger siblings kept making a break for it, and the occasional waiting batter couldn't wait any longer... I kept finding myself lurching with outstretched arms towards the straying children, or uttering things like "Oof!" and "Oh!" and "Aaaah!"
I asked my daughter what she thought, and she said "It was awe.some."
Like, totally.
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Comments
Will you have any energy left for trick-or-treating tomorrow??? ;)
Posted by: Mir | October 30, 2004 8:49 PM
Holy crap, I lived that reality yesterday, too! OMG!!!!!! Isn't this mom-of-a-kindergartner thing sooooooooo weird?!? Yet, I LOVE IT!
G.
Posted by: Ginger | October 30, 2004 9:22 PM
oh no not musical chairs!
I played fiddle for one of those this past month, and it broke my heart to see the kids who were playing by the rules get the crap beat out of them. It's a tough world, and it starts early:0
Thanks for wasting 30 of your seconds with me : )
Posted by: amy | October 30, 2004 9:22 PM
LOL!! That was great! Love your blog, and I wanted to stop by and say "thank you" for visiting MY blog!
Hope to see you soon! :-)
Boredom on a Stick
http://boredomonastick.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Jillian | October 31, 2004 12:04 AM
Kids partys are always fun, arent they?? Piñatas always make me nervous, visions of hospital bills and broken bones always seep into my head..lol
Posted by: Nikki | October 31, 2004 4:55 AM
Wheeeeee!!! Gotta love sugar rushes. :)
Posted by: Katie | October 31, 2004 5:31 AM
That was the scaries recount of a Halloween nightmare ever!
;-)
Wait until you try that pinata trick down in Mexico, with a wooden bat and a pinata made with a clay jar.
Posted by: Blex | October 31, 2004 6:23 AM
hi there, found your blog through blogexplosion.
this is not a line either -- i really love your blog! your kids are adorable.
will definitely come back. often.
you've been warned :)
-nutty
Posted by: nutty | October 31, 2004 8:25 AM
Very fun--I loved my kids' Halloween parties, but now they are banned from our school district.
Posted by: Margaret | October 31, 2004 11:17 AM
hihi! - I took a wander over here from Rogue's site. I just wanted to say, thankgod that was you and not me! lol. I don't think I could survive through a party like that. :)
Posted by: Norti | October 31, 2004 4:52 PM
Sounds like fun, just out of interest, where did you pin that bone??
Posted by: maria | October 31, 2004 5:26 PM
As usual, you have me laughing out loud.
But, oh if that party had you on the edge of your seat, just you wait until you are hosting a Halloween slumber party for half a dozen 12 & 13 yr olds...My favorite moment had to be me standing in the bathroom with a mouth full of toothpaste and overhearing, "Does your mom have any matches?" Have you ever tried to scream NO! while foaming at the mouth? Not a pretty picture. The girls wanted to see if they could light a peppermint stick on fire. Ok, then.
Posted by: lu | October 31, 2004 6:12 PM