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2-17-2003 - 5:17 p.m.

The Hello Kitty Tea Party

Maria has been on the birthday party circuit at her Montessori school all year and when her big day finally came around, she wanted an affair to remember.

She�s my child, you know.

It�s a law of economic physics that your child must have a birthday party, since you have been dropping $10-$20 bucks a week on presents for children that you don�t even know. Now its payback time when the universe sends its abundance back your way.

Our little Missy is a girly girl. (No comments, please) She declared early on that there would be no roller skating party or trips to Chuckie Cheese. No Rainforest Caf�. No Crayola Caf�. No jumping into the ballpit or moonwalks. The young ladies of the Highland Montessori Academy have all been there, done that. Much to our chagrin, too, because you can simply pay these places to host your party and your own home goes unscathed. Anyone that can not see the advantage of holding a kiddie party somewhere other that your own dining room has never tried to remove grape juice from beige carpeting.

After a lingering debate in the party aisle at Target, and total rejection of Dad�s wish for the Barbie themed party that he was always denied as a boy, we decided on a Hello Kitty Tea Party. Uncle Michael presented Maria with porcelain (not plastic) Hello Kitty Tea set for Christmas this year. Since then we have been served countless beverages in tiny little cups, not all of them tea. Trust me, warm Diet Coke or Kool-Aid is not improved by serving it in a Hello Kitty Tea cup. Sometimes, we would get goldfish crackers and Oreos, too

This sort of Martha Stewart hostess role-playing apparently runs in the family. When I received the cappuccino machine for Christmas, I too spent the next month offering endless tiny cups of beverages to the family. I had biscotti on the side of my handpainted-in-Italy espresso cups rather than Goldfish crackers, but you know what they say about the price of his toys.

Anyway, the party was a lovely pink and lace confection after Ray broke out our new roll of Orange Alert duct tape to decorate the dining room with pink crepe paper and balloons. Tom Ridge now says that duct tape won�t save our lives, so we might as well use it to get festive. The invited young ladies were all presented with those same tiaras that you might have seen in my �Christmas Eve at Walmart� slide show.

There�s really not much more to tell about the actual event, unlike Becky and Bailey�s New Year�s Eve Party. Or even one of my own dinner parties where the guests tend to drift upstairs with Mikey and are not seen again until breakfast the next morning. The young ladies were well behaved. Ray wore a dark suit suit and pink tie. The cake was pink as were the carnation. I served from the from the Bishop�s wife�s tea service that hasn�t been out of the china cabinet in years. It�s Gorham, if you must know. Maria scored big in the present department

The highlight of the party was the appearance of my 22 month old nephew Harrison. He�s so stinkin� cute. Harry isn�t much of a talker, but the one word he can pronounce perfectly is �Butt�

Don�t look at me, I didn�t teach it to him. Harry entertained the family and guests by yelling �BUTT� as loud as he could, then basking in the giggling reaction. Ray, the pediatrician, reminded us all not to laugh, but then he had to hide his face behind a napkin so Harry wouldn�t see him laugh. The often humorless Ray laughing behind a pink Hello Kitty napkin made me laugh until I had tears in my eyes and was at risk for wetting myself. This encouraged Harry all the more, so he would yell �BUTT� again and a new round of giggling began.

Krusty the clown would not have been as entertaing.

It was the social event of the season.

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