Highlights from a Recent E-mail Exchange...
with a certain someone who shall remain nameless regarding the party planning for 2 brilliant and adorable 6 year olds who shall also will remain nameless. this is after a site visit to the upcoming party location.
okay... just called a theater contact of min for a mylar curtain. they've got one but it's 60' wide by 40' high. that's a bit too much... was also thinking...
it goes on, then:
was also thinking about the set up. thought it would be great to push the activity tables right up against the window - all that natural light, but then figured it would be bad to have children with their backs to their parents while holding sharp things like scissors.
it continues, then:
I've choreographed a short ballet for the party. i didn't check, but i'm sure there's somewhere I could change, right? I'm happy to share the space with the "puppet" guy... i can have the orchestra set up outside (PRAY that it doesn't rain).
thought it could be cool to have a bunch of pink pillows for the kids to sit on during the "puppet" show and during my ballet. or not... just a thought.
i've got some of those galvanized tubs for ice/drinks. need 'em?
lemme know.
i'll e-mail with any other ideas. sure you don't need one of those jumpy-jump things? Children seem to like them... although I'll never understand why - they smell like feet.
km
Her response:
Cool! A ballet!
Yes, will work on the streamer curtain. I realized I could just staple or tape the strips to a long strip of paper (or bookbinding tape, which is what I have on hand), and then cover the tape/staples with pink tissue paper flowers or whatever. Should be cute.
None of the crafts require scissors, though the scratch art does make use of a sharp stylus!!! There will be four or five crafts, so I kind of want to set up "stations" for each so the kids move around. Here's my schedule so far:
9:00 - 11:00: set up
11:00 - 11:45: free play
11:45 - 12:30ish: eating (I'm thinking of doing an all pink candy section--just bought those chocolate peppermint marshmallows off the wsgc site...)
12:30 - 1:00: puppet show
1:00 - 1:30: cupcakes/ice cream
1:30 - 2:00: games (?) & good-bye
2:00 - 3:00: cleanup
I have a few games in mind if we hit a lull in activity. But the kids can always go back to the crafts or to just running around like lunatics. They really do just start to make up their own fun.
Can you think of anything fun to stick in the three pink vases? I wanted to get the big pink lollipops, but they're $6/each and I find that offensive....
and my response:
Um... I was just kidding about the ballet. (At times like these, I wonder how you can be responsible for raising 3 children).
9 to 11 for set up then we go right into free play? What about the arrivals??? when are we supposed to do the red carpet and receiving line? that reminds me - what about security? Who's in charge of security????
are you sure you want to have 5 SEPARATE stations? seriously. do you really want the ONE craft station that's not a hit with the kids to shine like a beacon signaling to the other mothers your gross miscalculation of what would charm and enthrall their children? Why separate them? what if there isn't enough room at one of the stations and one of the children is left out and forced to do 'that other stupid craft with THE BOYS!!!!!"???? What if the one future homosexual boy WANTS to make a pretty pink mask with glitter and feathers? He'll have to be at that particular table and will immediately be rediculed by the other boys (and even some of the parents). Or worse yet, he'll have to deny his perfectly natural desire to make a pretty pink mask with glitter and feathers (just like the Masked Princess in the book that his Uncle Jeff - who underSTANDS - gave him) and go over and make paper airplanes JUST BECAUSE that's what little boys are SUPPOSED to do. PLEASE be sensitive and THINK about these things.
Please take a picture of the pink vases. Also, put something next to them that is familiar to me so i can get an idea of the scale/size of them. (Giant lollipops for 6 bucks don't necessarily offend me. The fact that a 6 dollar lollipop will NEVER be completely consumed offends me.) I'm having a vision of GIGANTIC crepe paper flowers. Is that TOO "my brother is gay and he helped me decorate"? Not sure.
As for the streamers... the pink tissue paper flowers is a VERY cute idea. we could also attach the flowers to ribbons and mix them in with the streamers for a little variety (and to keep it from looking too much like an 80's Daly City high school garage party at Gary Borghello's house.)
The one hour clean up gave me pause, but I think if they clean as they go it should be fine. We'll just have to keep on those caterers!
KM
If you've been here before, you'll gettit. If not, please be aware that I was having a total, "I'm Kathy Hilton's brother and we're talking about Paris and Nicky's 6th b'day" moment.
why does this happen to me?
okay... just called a theater contact of min for a mylar curtain. they've got one but it's 60' wide by 40' high. that's a bit too much... was also thinking...
it goes on, then:
was also thinking about the set up. thought it would be great to push the activity tables right up against the window - all that natural light, but then figured it would be bad to have children with their backs to their parents while holding sharp things like scissors.
it continues, then:
I've choreographed a short ballet for the party. i didn't check, but i'm sure there's somewhere I could change, right? I'm happy to share the space with the "puppet" guy... i can have the orchestra set up outside (PRAY that it doesn't rain).
thought it could be cool to have a bunch of pink pillows for the kids to sit on during the "puppet" show and during my ballet. or not... just a thought.
i've got some of those galvanized tubs for ice/drinks. need 'em?
lemme know.
i'll e-mail with any other ideas. sure you don't need one of those jumpy-jump things? Children seem to like them... although I'll never understand why - they smell like feet.
km
Her response:
Cool! A ballet!
Yes, will work on the streamer curtain. I realized I could just staple or tape the strips to a long strip of paper (or bookbinding tape, which is what I have on hand), and then cover the tape/staples with pink tissue paper flowers or whatever. Should be cute.
None of the crafts require scissors, though the scratch art does make use of a sharp stylus!!! There will be four or five crafts, so I kind of want to set up "stations" for each so the kids move around. Here's my schedule so far:
9:00 - 11:00: set up
11:00 - 11:45: free play
11:45 - 12:30ish: eating (I'm thinking of doing an all pink candy section--just bought those chocolate peppermint marshmallows off the wsgc site...)
12:30 - 1:00: puppet show
1:00 - 1:30: cupcakes/ice cream
1:30 - 2:00: games (?) & good-bye
2:00 - 3:00: cleanup
I have a few games in mind if we hit a lull in activity. But the kids can always go back to the crafts or to just running around like lunatics. They really do just start to make up their own fun.
Can you think of anything fun to stick in the three pink vases? I wanted to get the big pink lollipops, but they're $6/each and I find that offensive....
and my response:
Um... I was just kidding about the ballet. (At times like these, I wonder how you can be responsible for raising 3 children).
9 to 11 for set up then we go right into free play? What about the arrivals??? when are we supposed to do the red carpet and receiving line? that reminds me - what about security? Who's in charge of security????
are you sure you want to have 5 SEPARATE stations? seriously. do you really want the ONE craft station that's not a hit with the kids to shine like a beacon signaling to the other mothers your gross miscalculation of what would charm and enthrall their children? Why separate them? what if there isn't enough room at one of the stations and one of the children is left out and forced to do 'that other stupid craft with THE BOYS!!!!!"???? What if the one future homosexual boy WANTS to make a pretty pink mask with glitter and feathers? He'll have to be at that particular table and will immediately be rediculed by the other boys (and even some of the parents). Or worse yet, he'll have to deny his perfectly natural desire to make a pretty pink mask with glitter and feathers (just like the Masked Princess in the book that his Uncle Jeff - who underSTANDS - gave him) and go over and make paper airplanes JUST BECAUSE that's what little boys are SUPPOSED to do. PLEASE be sensitive and THINK about these things.
Please take a picture of the pink vases. Also, put something next to them that is familiar to me so i can get an idea of the scale/size of them. (Giant lollipops for 6 bucks don't necessarily offend me. The fact that a 6 dollar lollipop will NEVER be completely consumed offends me.) I'm having a vision of GIGANTIC crepe paper flowers. Is that TOO "my brother is gay and he helped me decorate"? Not sure.
As for the streamers... the pink tissue paper flowers is a VERY cute idea. we could also attach the flowers to ribbons and mix them in with the streamers for a little variety (and to keep it from looking too much like an 80's Daly City high school garage party at Gary Borghello's house.)
The one hour clean up gave me pause, but I think if they clean as they go it should be fine. We'll just have to keep on those caterers!
KM
If you've been here before, you'll gettit. If not, please be aware that I was having a total, "I'm Kathy Hilton's brother and we're talking about Paris and Nicky's 6th b'day" moment.
why does this happen to me?
posted by Shuboy at 4:40 PM
2 Comments:
Because. You. Are. CRAZY.
mnoltui (an ice cream creation first served in a Minneapolis diner in 1937)
Why does this scenario sound familiar? Are you sure it's not one of those "Queer Eye" thingies?
Cute ideas, though.
I always loved organizing Lu's parties. Her birthday party in Kindergarten was held at a Nature Center in Hayward. Because we invited the whole class, we picked a place where I wouldn't have to worry about the mess and the clean-up. They were 30 students in the class and only about 6 didn't show up. It was nice though because the Center had an educational portion for the kids which took about an hour.
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