Saturday, October 29, 2011

Birthday explosion!

September is definitely the month to be born in...6 people in my and Adam's family were born in September. We had a giant party, complete with piñata, for Me, Becca, Roy & Dempsey. This is how it went down in Hurricane...

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It's pretty much pure torture to expect a fat kid to sit and stare at a chocolate cake.
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We have a drama queen on our hands. If meals and naps are not kept on a strict rotation we have total meltdown. I'm pretty sure she gets it from her dad's side of the family. 'winky face'
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After about 5 minutes of digging, she finally got to the actaul cake, but by then she was already spiraling into a frosting induced coma.
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The rest of us had to share a cake, which pretty much proves that life doesn't get much better after after childhood ends. Live it up while you have the chance, my children.
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Becca's mom, who hails straight from the motherland i.e. El Salvador, was attempting to teach us gringos proper piñata etiquette. It involved blindfolds, spinning, counting, and the crowd heckling a dizzy person with a bat...it was like trying to recreate a drunken riot without the alchohol.
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Of course, everyone was surprised at my pent-up rage. All I need do is imagine the roaches, mice, and ants that once bombarded that very kitchen and no piñata within 20 miles is safe.
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Trent(right) was having a nice time making us all look silly as we swung into thin air and missed the dancing target. demps1yr_053.jpg

Adam gets the award for killing the piñata as he continued to beat it's lifeless cardboard frame long after it had exploded all over the ground.
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Then propor protocol states that you use the cones from the piñata to collect the candy...yum, candy canes in September, just what I had been wishing for. :)
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1 comment:

Ora said...

HOW did I miss this post?! So funny! The best birthdays ALWAYS have a pinata!