It was Pooky's 1st birthday, and although she lived with us, her parents wanted to have the party at their house. Pooky is just our nickname for her - they named her Monica.
Poor as church-mice, however poor that is, they entreated friends and family to contribute to the party. Their little home and yard were adorned with lots of balloons and many borrowed chairs and tables. Children filled the yard. We brought 12 ourselves.
Pooky's grandma was inside the little house cutting meat and vegetables to put in the pot already bubbling on the open fire outside. They had even cleaned up the outhouse for guests. It was a shaky thing, though and I noticed that our kids weren't drinking much. Me either.
Although cake, jello, decorations and food were supplied by others, Pooky's parents wanted to make her first piñata themselves. They made a starburst in pink. It was just beautiful and they did a great job. Too great a job, actually . . .kids and adults swung at, belted, slammed and dropped the thing to no avail. It had hardened to a nearly concrete state! Inside waiting was candy, cookies, toys and fruit, but no one could make a dent. Pooky didn't care, but the myriad other children weren't having fun anymore. Finally, the men took it down and beat it to death with a tire iron.
My advice: buy the piñata!
7 comments:
Lovely photos, it sounds as though everyone had a good time ;0) Sandra x
LOL - That cracks me up! They did a better job than they thought. hehehe, yep, I bet the kids were ready and waiting in anticipation but alas. . no candy. shucks.
:-) Glad pookie had a good birthday party.
Great pictures by the way!
Hugs,
Holly
TexasInHeart
Lol! I will remember that, lol. Sounds like something you all can at least laugh about- later down the road.
What a pretty baby girl. :o)
~Angela
Penny, that is funny, although, I bet it wasn't so funny when it happened. Your pictures are precious. Hope you are having a good weekend, sweetie. Let's talk next week on the IM, ok? Hugs to you! xox
That's a funny story. I love the photos.
Tami
That must have been one rough and tough pinata!! Hope they got the candy out!! Hard to imagine the men having to beat it with a metal bar!! I made one once in the shape of a butterfly!! It was a HUGE pinata and we had it at Courtney Nicole's first b-day party... it was a good stiff one too but it did eventually break open. Candy flying everywhere and kids scrambling! Thanks for sharing !!
Lisa
LOL How funny... a pinata that couldn't be bashed. :-) Very cute story!
Micheyle
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