Party Report

I'm taking a quick break from work to report that Birthday Party, Preschool Version, went really well. I think I managed to both herd the cats, I mean kids, and entertain the grownups in a manner jovial yet calm. Okay, okay, it went more like this: at least I didn't make a fool of myself. Still, pumpkin painting was a big hit:

Allie studiously regarding her subject:





Sean gesticulating emphatically that layers upon layers of paint do too imbue his pumpkin with multiple levels of meaning -- it is certainly not his problem that his work is always being critiqued by philistines with untutored eyes: