In the scariest of years, good ol’2020, it felt more than appropriate to host our inaugural Halloween party. The gist: adults only, themed costumes, and lots of food, drinks + fun.
This year’s theme was “Word Play.” I know it’s an odd one, but just think of all those silly costumes like a cow suit + a halo to represent “Holy Cow!” or mixed up phrases like “Billary Clinton” (imagine a blond wig, pantsuit and saxophone). Not all of our friends are super into silly dress-up, but I felt so loved when everyone went all-in with costumes ranging from “so-fish-ticated” to “home body” (and a lot of extremely inappropriate ones that made me laugh harder than I could have hoped for…and also now you know why there are no group photos on this blog, haha!). For the record, I was Bob-arazzi — a mixture of Bob Ross + the paparazzi. Random, yes. Fun, yes. 😉
My friends also were great sports in playing along with a game I cobbled together from all my favorites online — a mixture of Utter Nonsenseand Pictionaryand Truth or Dare played within the structure of Let’s Make a Deal, with a few rap lyric read-offsand lipsyncing competitions thrown in. I called it “Bamboozled” in honor of Joey Tribbiani, and I *hope* it becomes an annual tradition. Fingers crossed!
Happy Halloween!!!
One week before Cricket’s March birthday party, quarantine began and seemingly everything was cancelled in an instant — including birthday parties. We were happy to celebrate our six year old’s actual birthday just as a family, but I couldn’t actually cancel her party for good…for both our sakes, haha! (The supplies had been purchased, the crafts were complete, and hopes were wayyyy too high to call it quits.) So we declared the party just postponed — indefinitely.
Then we packed up Cricket’s party supplies and put our plans on hold…for three months.
By June, we were ready to party (cautiously). It was a calculated risk, but after three months of homeschooling and isolation, we decided to move forward with our previous plans. (We truly were desperate for some CELEBRATING around here!) Thankfully everything was pretty much ready to go; we just adjusted expectations (and the guest list, which changed our closest friends and neighbors), nixed some of our games (racing to eat donuts on strings no longer seemed like the wisest activity for 2020, haha!), and stocked up on hand sanitizer.
And it was…a blast!
Seriously, our babysitter-turned-barista, old school minute-to-win-it games, totally random theme (LOL Splashqueen + Starbucks? Yeah, I can do that!) and lots of treats (of course) made Cricket’s birthday dreams come true — just a little later than expected this year.
(Oh, and in case you were worried, it’s been two full months and I can confidently say that no one got Covid from our little party. 😉 )
It’s party time! The “cafe” is set!
