Holiday workout
I signed up to be the class “activities mother” which meant planning the parties. What could be easier? But planning kindergarten class parties aren’t like planning adult parties (I usually chose a fun cocktail and then base everything else around it). No, kindergarten parties are about making crafts. And the problem is I’m not a crafty mom at all, I’m a store-bought-y mom, entirely. And it’s okay because I buy from good stores (and stores that look crafty). So it’s the holidays and I’m in charge of the holiday party/craft. This is my second chance. Halloween was my first. I spent a fortune on Oriental Trading Co. reflective cat and ghost necklaces and it was a mess of glue sticks and googly-eyes. The pieces were too small or the kids hands were too big. I don’t want to elaborate, but lets just say I felt judged. So now I’m determined to keep it simple. In this month’s Martha Stewart Living (I know simple right!) there are these wonderful gum drop snowmen. What could be easier? Well for starters I thought I bought large white gum drops but I bought only mini red and green ones. I stuck some on a toothpick and made a very skinny figurine. Then I trimmed the gum drop head thinking I could make a little hat with a Smartie, but since the Smartie and the head were the same radius when I put the other half of the gum drop on top it didn’t look like a snowman or Santa, it looked like Olivia Newton John in with a headband and sparkly spandex. Seriously, if I had been able to take a photo before Dash ate Xanadu, you would have said it was her. I’ve resolved to be less ambitious. We’re making marshmellow snowmen, one stick, three marshmellows and a gum drop hat. Done. I don’t know what the next party is, but I’m hoping another mom will express an interest and take it on. Or maybe I should change the holiday theme to Xanadu and make gummy Olivia Newton Johns as a cry for help.