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Since 1997, I have made parties to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, teas, new seasons, endings, and beginnings. Themes have included: summer snow, Vikings, Harry Potter, cowboys, space cowboys, video adventure, knights, machines, woodland picnic, Kindergarten graduation, back-to-school, and . . did I say knights? The boys and I have mass-produced stick horses, swords, jousting poles, shields, jet speeders, armor, spell books, medieval goblets, axes, and puppets.We’ve written and produced games, quests, performances, videos, comic routines, and ceremonies. Out of boxes and sticks and string and paint, we have made Diagon Alley, castles, spaceships, snow storms, ogres, outer space, corrals, and Rube Golderg machines. I even wrote a proposal for a book about making parties with children. Giving parties was how I put myself out into the world and how I spent time with my kids --- envisioning, researching, budgeting, shopping, making, and staging parties. And then I discovered scrapbooking. My family, though, has grown accustomed to making complex parties. I suggested a laser-tag party at a fun center last week for Joshua’s birthday. “I don’t think so, Mom,” he said. “It’s not how we do things.” I guess he just wants to be invited to a laser-tag party, not host one. :) Mar 08.

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