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Kiddie Birthdays
Your kid's birthday is a pretty big deal, well, at least to your kid so you have to accommodate them in many ways. For instance my soon to be three year old wanted a "Buzz Lightyear" theme for his party a few months ago but now somehow has regressed to wanting a blues clues birthday party instead. Fine. So my wife picks up all the themed party goods from plates to napkins, to a Blue's birthday cake not leastly a Blue piñata.
But things change. As quickly as we went from a "Toy Story" theme to "Blue's Clues" my youngest has made an eleventh hour decision and has now changed the theme to a "Jesus Christ Superstar" party (both my kids are somewhat obsessed with Broadway musicals such as this, "1776", and in the not to distant future "Rent"). The problem is there really are no Jesus cups or mylar Jesus balloons at the party supply store. I can only imagine the cost of a custom made pin~ata made to look like Jesus on the Crucifix! And how will we play the game? Usually you have to bang the plaster-of-paris with a stick until the treats pour out...in this case I'll have to supply a whip, tell each kid to pretend to be Ponches Pilate and whip the damn thing thirty-nine times until Easter candy comes pouring out!
Needless to say my parents, who are a Jewish, might frown upon such a themed party (albeit I can dress them nicely as King & Queen Herod if they would be players). At least they would want to have equal time. Do you know how hard it is to find someone to make a "Fiddler on the Roof" birthday cake?! But out of respect to dear Mom and Dad, I will have to forgo the traditional Pin the Cross on the Jew game...but at all costs Duck, Duck Judas stays!!!