Arrr! Kids!

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On Saturday I play hostess to seven or eight fourth graders for my daughter's (early) tenth birthday. She has chosen a pirate theme -- but I feel like I'm about to walk the plank.

I am so awkward around young kids it is not even funny. (Or maybe it is.)

My friend from work who was going to help me has bronchitis, so I'm going it alone.

It will probably be okay, but I'll be glad when it's over.

Meantime, we've been housecleaning, shopping for party supplies, and baking a cake. I have lots of little pirate figures to stick on the cake, and a pirate vest for each child. We'll play "stick the patch on the pirate's eye" and the kids' version of "Worst Case Scenario." I'll load them up with cake and ice cream, and if they start to get bored we'll stick Muppet Treasure Island on -- because Tim Curry is one of the great movie pirates -- and we'll all sing a chorus of "When You're a Professional Pirate" together.

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[kateri-thinks.livejournal.com]

Now that's a party I'd want to attend! Arrrr!