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Birthday Season
Sep. 21st, 2009 12:21 amFriday was Kiera's birthday. Today was Molly's birthday. Last week, we took Kiera and two friends over to Como Town Amusement Park; today, Molly had a party. A Harry Potter themed party.
It went really well. Ed and I borrowed my parents'wizard academic robes to use as costumes. We had everyone make a wand using a wood dowel, pipe cleaners, and beads, sorted everyone into houses, and then played "name the Bertie Botts flavor" with Jelly Bellies. (It was fascinating how much incorrect consensus there was, like when almost everyone thought the coconut was vanilla, and when almost everyone thought the caramel corn was coffee. We had them close their eyes before eating the blueberry ones, so they didn't see the color, and only two kids got that they were blueberry; Kiera thought strawberry and Molly thought lime. Molly was particularly terrible at this game; she got only one flavor out of eleven correct, probably in part because she so rarely gets to eat this sort of candy.)
The high point was probably "Potions Class." I bought a whole bunch of drink mixes -- three varieties of Kool-Aid (none red, of course), a green tea mix, a spiced cider mix, and Tang. We also had blue Pop Rocks. And both plain and carbonated water. I left some of the Kool-Aid as a powder (mixed with sugar) and mixed up some with just a little water to make sort of a Kool-Aid concentrate. I gave everything a whimsical label (like "snail shell powder" for the Tang).
The kids got an eyedropper (because eyedroppers are fun!), a plastic martini glass to mix things in (because it was a neat shape, and because the clear plastic was a nice showcase for the bizarre colors), and spoons. And were told they were supposed to make a "strengthening solution."
And they absolutely got into the spirit of things, mixing up horrifying looking concoctions and then sampling their friends' horrifying looking concoctions ("EW this is disGUSTing. Here, try some"). This was a great activity and FWIW would work just as well at a Mad Scientist themed party as at a wizard themed one.
Then they whacked a piñata and had cake and ice cream and Molly opened presents. It was a good day. I can't believe my oldest daughter is nine, and my baby is six.
It went really well. Ed and I borrowed my parents'
The high point was probably "Potions Class." I bought a whole bunch of drink mixes -- three varieties of Kool-Aid (none red, of course), a green tea mix, a spiced cider mix, and Tang. We also had blue Pop Rocks. And both plain and carbonated water. I left some of the Kool-Aid as a powder (mixed with sugar) and mixed up some with just a little water to make sort of a Kool-Aid concentrate. I gave everything a whimsical label (like "snail shell powder" for the Tang).
The kids got an eyedropper (because eyedroppers are fun!), a plastic martini glass to mix things in (because it was a neat shape, and because the clear plastic was a nice showcase for the bizarre colors), and spoons. And were told they were supposed to make a "strengthening solution."
And they absolutely got into the spirit of things, mixing up horrifying looking concoctions and then sampling their friends' horrifying looking concoctions ("EW this is disGUSTing. Here, try some"). This was a great activity and FWIW would work just as well at a Mad Scientist themed party as at a wizard themed one.
Then they whacked a piñata and had cake and ice cream and Molly opened presents. It was a good day. I can't believe my oldest daughter is nine, and my baby is six.
