Monday, January 19, 2009

Holding Court on H.H. Uma's 5th Birthday

Have you ever been to "Pump it up" ? An experience to be sure! 25-30 children race around like mad on slides and jumpy houses (I have to admit, I went down the slide a few times :)

They line up for hand degermer and run into the "party room" Next, eat pizza and veggies, drink plenty of water, lemonade, juice! Some magical timing (apparently by the time a child is 5, he or she may have done this a few dozen times), they all assemble and sing happy Birthday. Grab a cupcake (except for the poor kids allergic to dairy, wheat, eggs, nuts and chocolate who had vegan oatmeal raisin cookies). Get your party favor and voila, one birthday bash in style!!

What would happen if you imported 30 children from a village in Africa, Thailand or India? would they also automatically know what to do? hmm... an interesting non-profit idea? celebrate birthdays for children with limited resources--shouldn't every child get to be a prince or princess at least for one day?