Pirate Party!

[BBelleADPi]

Carnation,

I'm so sorry that much of the time (and money!) you spent planning for your son's party was ruined. And while, thankfully, your son is happy, it doesn't change what you thought would be some great activities that the others would enjoy. As a fellow party planner, I share your frustration!! But, wow-what a cake!!!

By the by, tomorrow night the two TriDelt's mom and myself are off to the campus to take our girls out to eat, then watch their Video Night dance performances-(I'm still not sure why each sorority's eight minute dance is called "Video Night"-maybe I'll understand after it's over.) We're just glad our girls wanted us to come! (And, of course, get a free meal!)

[BBelleADPi]

Carnation-I replied to you via email instead of PM, because I sent you several pictures. So, check yo mail!!

[firecracker08]

Carnation,
You are so nice! I would have told the little hellion and his stepmom to leave ASAP. I teach so I understand the logic behind inviting everyone. But that doesn't mean that everyone gets to stay. Hope he still had a good birthday!

The boys at my school had a pirate mixer last year and it turned out really well. Fortunately, no booty was stolen!

[Tom Earp]

Step mommy should have been nice enough to take the little SOB out of there and home.

Let his daddy deal with him instead of screwing a fun time for the rest!

Sorry carnation, sounds oike you did a lot for the party to be a success!

[FSUZeta]

obviously daddy doesn't deal with the child, or he would have been better behaved. i would venture a guess that the father and the mother both feel guilty about the divorce and overindulge the boy. poor stepmother is left to try to instill some manners and discipline him when he is with them, but is not backed up by the parents.

too bad that they don't realize that none of the family is actually doing the child a favor by ignoring his horrible behavior. this child will end up not being invited to any parties(and rightfully so).

[firecracker08]

Carnation, did you say you have 13 children?

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

obviously daddy doesn't deal with the child, or he would have been better behaved. i would venture a guess that the father and the mother both feel guilty about the divorce and overindulge the boy. poor stepmother is left to try to instill some manners and discipline him when he is with them, but is not backed up by the parents.

I completely agree with you. In some ways, I feel kinda sorry for the step-mom.

Carnation, my niece's school has the same rule where every kid (or at least every same sex kid) has to get an invitation, so we either drop them off at the houses, or find a way to give them to the parents on the sly outside of school. I think that the school is trying protect uninvited children from embarrassment, but I think there is a better way to do it than imposing that the entire class be invited and then they descend upon your household.

FWIW: that cake sounds BEAUTIFUL that your daughter made! Did you take photos?

[carnation]

So yesterday we gave a Star Wars party for another son and it went great! The only thing was that I didn't know my son had told all the other boys to bring their light sabers and there would be saber duels all around. Oh well, there were no kids hurt or sabers broken so all's well that ends well...furthermore, there weren't any mean kids this time.

And--our daughter outdid herself with a cake again--she baked a loooong blue light saber cake! Maybe I can find a way to post a picture.

[BBelleADPi]

We're going to Disney World the week of Thanksgiving (along with fifty billion other people), and one of the new things they have now (well, at least since I've been there) is "Build a Light Saber" in DTD, and a new feature in MGM-something about Jedi Knight Training. Should be neat!