I'll be your tourguide....
18/07/08 22:36 Filed in: Special
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It’s fiesta time again. My little ThingOne is turning
Six. SIX! Can This be possible? didn’t she look like
this just yesterday?
In the blink of an eye she’s finished kindergarten and poised to become a first-grader, but not before a blow-out summer! So it’s fiesta time again, time for charcoal and lighter fluid, for burgers that are too big for the buns, goodie bags full of useless junk that ShortThings find priceless. Water balloons.....what is it with kids and water balloons? Wait a minute what am I saying? Water Balloons rule! I love water balloons, except when I have a phone or a camera in my pocket, but that’s another story. Now, ThingOne’s name is not Donna, but her Birthday always brings out more than enough Prima in her. She can’t help it, all that excitement, the adrenaline coursing through her veins( or maybe that’s sugar?). She gets a little, let’s say, entitled. For one day a year we quash it a little less, but remind her that if she wants people to come next year, and wants kids to play with her the rest of the year, she should be nice to them, that usually works.
This event takes weeks in the planning. Her birhtday being in July takes a little extra legwork because you can’t send invites through the school channel. So we have to round up email addresses and go the evite route, which works quite well I might add. It’s quick-ish, easy-ish, cheap, and environmentally friendly! As with last year it will be outside, which is a gamble with the weather but it looks favourable so here’s hoping. I am not a seasoned briquette barbecuer so that’s always interesting. We secured a covered picnic area this year so our guests won’t melt. Last year the only spot left was in the middle of a field, with no shade, on the hottest day of the year. Nuff’ said. I have to say, given that it’s in the middle of the summer, we always get a good turnout. I’m told we throw a good party, maybe that’s why they keep coming, it’s certainly not for my cooking.
Once more into the breach dear friends......
In the blink of an eye she’s finished kindergarten and poised to become a first-grader, but not before a blow-out summer! So it’s fiesta time again, time for charcoal and lighter fluid, for burgers that are too big for the buns, goodie bags full of useless junk that ShortThings find priceless. Water balloons.....what is it with kids and water balloons? Wait a minute what am I saying? Water Balloons rule! I love water balloons, except when I have a phone or a camera in my pocket, but that’s another story. Now, ThingOne’s name is not Donna, but her Birthday always brings out more than enough Prima in her. She can’t help it, all that excitement, the adrenaline coursing through her veins( or maybe that’s sugar?). She gets a little, let’s say, entitled. For one day a year we quash it a little less, but remind her that if she wants people to come next year, and wants kids to play with her the rest of the year, she should be nice to them, that usually works.
This event takes weeks in the planning. Her birhtday being in July takes a little extra legwork because you can’t send invites through the school channel. So we have to round up email addresses and go the evite route, which works quite well I might add. It’s quick-ish, easy-ish, cheap, and environmentally friendly! As with last year it will be outside, which is a gamble with the weather but it looks favourable so here’s hoping. I am not a seasoned briquette barbecuer so that’s always interesting. We secured a covered picnic area this year so our guests won’t melt. Last year the only spot left was in the middle of a field, with no shade, on the hottest day of the year. Nuff’ said. I have to say, given that it’s in the middle of the summer, we always get a good turnout. I’m told we throw a good party, maybe that’s why they keep coming, it’s certainly not for my cooking.
Once more into the breach dear friends......