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they should serve wine at halloween festivals
So I took the girls to this Halloween carnival monster mash festival thingy over the weekend. It was mostly indoors at a local elementary school. And it was insanely packed.
As soon as we get there 2 1/2 year-old Summer says, “Can we go home now?” which is not the most promising sign when you arrive at a kid-focused event. But we press on. I maneuver us through the crowded hallways and manage to find the girls a nutritious, organic lunch cold pizza.
Then they want dessert.
Summer picks out a cupcake.
And Dylan opts for a snow cone. We wait in line for the snow cone and then decide it’s time to escape the chaos. I just refuse to be pressed up against strangers if I’m not either on the #5 express train or drunk. As we FINALLY near the school’s exit, Summer says…
“I want a snow cone.”
“But you have a cupcake,” I respond, feeling panic start to seize my upper back.
“BUT I WANT A SNOW CONE. PLEASSSSSSSSE,” she says.
I know I have a choice: endure a major crazy meltdown because Summer is an hour past her nap time or buy the kid a lousy snow cone. I know what a proper parent should do. But somehow I can’t muster up the courage. (Plus I figure that balloon boy family really lowered the bar for good parenting anyway.)
We push our way back into the Halloween madness and buy Summer her “This is really a very special treat and normally you will have only one dessert and you better appreciate how insanely awesome this is” snow cone.
As soon as I hand Summer her snow cone, Dylan says, “I don’t want my snow cone. It’s too cold.” Right. Because of the snow.
And just as we get ourselves back outside again, Summer says, “I don’t want my snow cone either. It’s too cold.” Again, that pesky snow and ice issue.
As we race off to check out a kiddie train ride, I overhear a mother say to her child…
“No, you can’t have another cookie. There is no more food. The carnival is entirely out of food. If you’re hungry, let’s go home and you can have some fruit.”
If her kid bought it, that mom is a genius.
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You want to hear genius?
I potty trained BOTH my kids by convincing them ALL the stores ran out of diapers. So they had no choice to JUST USE THE DAMN POTTY.
And it worked.
awesome.
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I’m guessing all along you missed the relative tranquility of the number 5 huh?
And was that a typo or did Summer actually want another cupcake?
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Now I remember why I stayed home so much!
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Thinking about a throng of people like that and then all those kids amped up on snow cones and cupcakes makes me want to drink. I’d have brought my own flask!
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Maybe next time that Summer says “I want to go home” five seconds after arriving, you’ll listen to her wisdom.
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Marinka, as she often does, has a point. Plus, with Summer’s vote and yours (because of course you wanted to go home, too), you had a majority vote. With apologies to Dylan.
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Also, didn’t it occur to the vendors to sell WINE snow cones? Margarita snow cones? Think, people, think.
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Yeah next time, bring a flask!
You do get points for going though! LOTS of points!
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So I’m not a parent and can’t comment on whether or not another cupcake or snow cone should be allowed but re: balloon boy’s parents’ skills, I wholeheartedly agree. I smelled a cheap PR stunt the first day of that “breaking news story” as soon as BB wasn’t found in the jiffy pop bag floating through the sky. It seems the goal was achieved though and a little known reality show got more attention than it deserves. the image that will remain in everyone’s mind and replayed at the end of the year though, is that of balloon boy puking on TV. How many times have we seen it already? That’s just sick. Literally.
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Yeah, Ballon boy’s parents made us all look pretty freakin good didn’t they?
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You are too funny! And, my hubby and I always have wine while passing out ye ole halloweeny candy. It goes nicely with the portable firepit on chilly October evenings…
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bahahaha.. I love the first comment about the diapers.. I wish I had the stamina to deal with the mess that comes with that… too funny..
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lol. Parenting… like a freakin’ halloween carnival all on it’s own.
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Trick or treat, pass the wine
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I’m with you on that! For Halloween, my husband and I always have two baskets of goodies; one with candy for the kids, and another with cold beer for the grown ups. Why should the kids get all the fun!
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If – that’s where the problem lies. That kid has just lost all faith in said mom.
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I wish someone would say to me, ‘There’s No More Food – Go Home’ when I’m at a party stuffing my face.
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I wish you were with me at parties to tell me, ‘Go home, there’s no more food’ as I’m busy stuffing my face. Kelcey…I need a mother…come adopt me.
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Everyone should serve wine with everything!
Case closed!
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No wine? We have wine at our 10am children’s story book time at the library!
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A genius and an Academy-award-worthy actress….
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Or her kid isn’t very smart.
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Snow cones are a buzz kill, and we get them everytime we go to the zoo.
Two slurps and you have a mound of crushed ice in your lap.
Awesome.
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If they do start serving wine, please have at least a glass (or 2) for me.
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