Actually they weren't too bad, there are only two boys who I've blacklisted from further parties. I'm just glad that bowling balls are tough, and so is the flooring.
Padawan Learner had a great time and finished with the highest score - he even managed a strike.
After the bowling came the food, a gourmet selection of hot dogs, chicken nuggets and chips - drowned in as much sauce as you want.
This was the first time I'd completely outsourced a party. I've discovered that with the ease of ringing up and asking for "one party please" comes the difficulty in accepting that cold hot dogs and soggy chips are the real price. However, Padawan Learner loved it, and best of all they all got to have a go in the amusement arcade afterwards while I cringed reminding myself how easy it all was.
And I didn't completely outsource: the AMF provided an icecream cake but I had to make cupcakes - just wouldn't be a real party without them.
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Fifteen kids - fifteen !! Even outsourced that makes me feel sick somehow. Other than when the kids were tiny I have managed to avoid big parties - until next year when I have promised the eldest a party. Gawd !
Only two boys that you've blacklisted? Sounds like a tame party! Glad PL had a good time....and a strike...wow!
Hmmm...outsourcing...interesting thought...
Mary: I don't think I've ever managed a party under 15 kids. Maybe I'm just a little crazy. Every year I swear that it will be a quiet pizza dinner & cake with two friends...I was horified to note that Maggie Alderson mentioned in her column that she had 37 kids to her 5 yo's party!
See that is just sick - I suppose Maggie Alderson thinks she is some toffy Fashionista /novelist type person. Oh yeah - she is...
I ended up with the worst headache after staying to help out at a friend's kid's bowling alley party. I will never do it again unless I am supplied with alcohol.
I love the concept of blacklisted kids. Can you say what the blacklisted kids got up to, or might their parents read here?
Happy birthday to Padawan Learner!
Hi Stomper Girl, are you ready?
No. 1 Blacklisted Child started badly by demanding the use of my mobile phone to ring someone(!)and then threw a berko when I (politely) said no. He then proceeded to not only bowl his own balls, but others as well - including people not at the party.
Oh, and lay down in the bowling lanes (not his), sat with his hands on his ears during the meal and sang 'not nice' songs in the car on the way home (why did we offer to give him a lift?).... I could go on. No. 2 Blacklisted Child was a willing accomplice.
You forgot to mention him asking a 'man of god' to do up his trousers in a public toilet - I'm now wondering if he was actually trying to cause trouble!
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