February 25, 2009 – 2:08 pm
My wife enjoys holding impromptu fashion shows. When she buys clothing, she usually purchases several items, brings them home to show me, and returns the ones she likes the least. She claims that I help her decide what to keep and what to return. I believe that my role in this exercise is to figure [...]
February 25, 2009 – 7:28 am
Let’s be honest, most of the time, the reason that we go to parties is because we know that they will be serving cake, and we’re really disappointed when there isn’t one. In fact, when I’m planning a party, I found myself drawn to the cake section first off, trying to plan a party around [...]
February 24, 2009 – 6:54 pm
Some parties that we host are just for my son’s all boys football team. Some parties that we host are for my daughter’s friends, and they are all girls. However, we do occasionally have parties with both boys and girls, and that’s where the trouble lies. Specifically, what do we do about the party bags? [...]
February 24, 2009 – 1:42 pm
My five year old daughter (five and a half, she is now fond of pointing out) has just received an invitation to a party. One of the girls in her classroom is having a birthday. Her name is Dora, so her parents are hosting a Dora the Explorer party theme for all of the girls [...]
February 24, 2009 – 7:08 am
Cosplay is quite literally a merge of the words, costume and play, with the theme centred around Japanese culture. cosplay.co.uk describe it as “Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, Japanese movies, or Japanese pop music bands.” There are some incredible [...]
February 23, 2009 – 1:45 pm
Towards the end of last year, we had a family get-together. It was not a formal Christmas or New Year party, just a time to get aunts, uncles, and cousins together when the adults were home from work and the children were home from school. During these informal gatherings, the adults tend to congregate in [...]
February 23, 2009 – 7:45 am
My extended family is, well, large. My wife has a herd of brothers and sisters, and they all have spouses and children. This turns just about every event into a party. Even when only two or three families get together, something interesting happens. My wife’s sister Tamara is an elementary school arts and music [...]
February 23, 2009 – 7:30 am
I was stunned when my son told me he was considering holding a bridge party. He is eight years old, and I have never seen him play bridge in my life. What kind of bridge party could he possibly have? Who was he planning to invite ? His football team? What was this kid thinking about? I [...]
February 22, 2009 – 7:31 pm
My brother and I recently helped my sister and her family move from a flat that her family had outgrown to a house that would be big enough for her, her husband, and their two children. During the moving party, as she called it, my brother in law’s parents came along to keep an eye [...]
February 22, 2009 – 1:15 pm
My five and a half year old daughter is fast friends with a five and a half year old girl that lives across the street from us. The two girls are a week apart in age. They did not always get along well, but now have great fun together, so I was not entirely surprised [...]