He$*

Okay this post is being fueled by coming back from Dante's version of he$& for preschoolers. Just got back from a 5 year old birthday party at an indoor playplace (BTW there are a ton of these in England since it rains all the time). No big deal except this week is midwinter break- no mincing words that joint was pure he%&.

a) so overcrowded- especially with 11 year old boys,I am sure when I have an 11 year old I will be sympathetic but man these boys amp up the violence. Saw some kid head butting a 4 year old. (mom was no where to be found)
b) so dirty- saw people changing dirty diapers on tables by food- bathroom disgusting (need I mention that my 2 cherubs ALWAYS have to use the bathroom- the more disgusting the more they have to use it.)(all I can say is we have purelled ourselves silly)
c)gross crowd of people- here's me being a snob- some of the parents actually let their boys remove their shirts and run around topless (those 11 year olds). Our school party group looked ridiculous- some of the boys were in button down with vests on and the girls had pretty party outfits on.
d.personally having to climb up steep slides and ball pits to keep track of CJ and Casey. I was on edge the whole time as I felt this place had the makings of an awful Lifetime or afterschool special "MISSING" (etc)

The good news is my friends knew I was freaking out and suggested next time I take a valium before attending this playplace. Seriously I am not going back! Now you may ask what are we doing the rest of midwinterbreak- we are 2 passports shorts (CJ's is getting renewed and Chris's in in Wales for a drivers license application) so we are in England). We are headed with another family this weekend to an outdoor family park. Think holidome 2009 but more upscale with starbucks, horses,archery, bowling, laser tag, spas,soccer, and condos. We shall see how this works. The best is the family we are going with are on the same page as we are- the other mom and I came up with a joint shopping list and the items were

1) champagne
2) red wine
3) white wine
4) crisps (Potato chips)
5) dessert
6) water
7) diet coke

As you can see we forgot FOOD:)

8) Food

PS I will post my oscar picks on thurs night- you all can keep me honest. (will warn you I usually win every oscar pool- another item I miss from USA)
Also, my shameless blog about lack of Christmas cards has gotten me some bday cards. Whatever it takes!!!!!