TheBanyanTree: Surreal is the mind of a teen...

[Sachet]

  I don't know whether to be very impressed or very scared by what my 
daughter arranged Sunday night. ;-)

It was the "Back To School Bash i.e. - Messy Sunday".



She thought up every single detail her very own self and had to figure 
up exactly what supplies she needed and then purchase them using the 
church account at Walmart. Chelsea was so tense, hoping and praying it 
would all turn out well and that everyone would have a great time.


There were four stations:

# 1 - The mud facial treatment from the south of France.
Facial expert Monsieur Robere with his delightful French accent, 
carefully and precisely instructed each patron to blindfold their 
partner. Then they had to stand in front of their partner and watch 
whilst Monsieur Robere dipped the blindfolded persons hands in the cool 
rich fragrant *mud, guaranteed to cleanse ze pores upon application. 
Monsieur Robere forgot to do a headcount upon the arrival of ze patrons 
and zo he had to partner up with an adorable little girl who took great 
delight in wearing the blindfold and applying the mud to his face....and 
hair......and neck.....and ears. <g>

*(chocolate fudge pudding)


# 2 - The body wrap from Ancient Egypt.
Two brave souls volunteered to be wrapped like mummies in the soft folds 
of *ancient paper, before being gently doused with the healing **waters 
of the Nile. Some of the brave souls had just came from the mud baths of 
southern France, and so it was ummmmmm......interesting to see the mud 
and ancient paper, mix together with the healing waters of the NIle. <g>

* toilet paper
** water in squirt guns

# 2 - Pyramid building.
Each group had to build a pyramid of people, hold it long enough to sing 
the first verse of a song and to have their picture taken. Some groups 
had to do a lot of rebuilding. Prolly because the lower levels kept 
getting the giggles and would collapse too soon.


# 3 - Art appreciation.
Each group of artists was given several vibrant colors of washable paint 
and instructed to paint each other to look like either:
an aquarium, butterflies, smurfs, or cats. I think my favorite was the 
aquarium group. They painted a few kids to look like colorful fish, but 
then two of the kids were painted all blue (and I do mean ALL blue) to 
be the water in the aquarium.


#4 - Plane Crash Triage.
Each group of survivors of this horrific event was given cans of whipped 
cream, strawberry syrup and shaving cream and instructed to create 
realistic wounds and injures to be judged by the attending paramedics - 
J.D. & Mike. They created gaping bleeding wounds on faces, arms, legs, 
and torso's, with the convincing addition of big white casts and 
bandages on arms and legs. One kid filled his mouth with strawberry 
syrup and did a realistic rendition of spitting up blood. Oy, with a grin.

The piece de resistance was the pizza eating contest. After completing 
each station, each group was given a "prize" bag of ingredients for 
their pizza. Once every station was completed, they all gathered around 
the pizza crusts which were already covered in pizza sauce. They then 
had to make a pizza from the delicious fresh ingredients in their bags. 
There were grapes, pickled eggs, applesauce, sardines, raisins, and 
sweet beets. Then they covered them in cheese and I baked them until the 
cheese melted. The team that managed to eat the most of the pizza they 
had created won some cool prizes. The mom helping me had to keep 
stepping away from the pizza's coz she couldn't handle the smell of the 
sardines. Chelsea wisely insisted that the most pizza any kid could eat 
was one slice, because some of the boys were wanting to prove their 
manliness by consuming the whole thing. Ick!

After the pizza eating contest and the prizes were awarded we hosed the 
kids down (literally), made them wash their hands in sudsy water and 
then served them soda pop and real pizza that we had delivered. We all 
stood or sat around the parking lot, eating, drinking, listening to loud 
Christian rock music and laughing over the evenings activities. I had 
carried Zach's video cam around all evening and captured some hilarious 
moments. Wish I could share them with you. When the film from the 
camera's is developed I'll be sure and post a few candid pictures.


.....Sachet