It's birthday party again.
Because of the major house remodel, our internet system got really messed up. Now I cannot access Internet through my Japanese computers! I know my parents cannot read English but my blog is one of my important source for the stress relief, I decided to write today’s diary in English. (Sorry Mom!) Hopefully I can write next one back in Japanese.
My 9-year-old daughter’s birthday is coming up early October. Her wish is to go to a movie with her buddies and have pizzas afterwards. Because her friends and she spend most of their after school hours for homework, birthday parties play important roles as “play dates.” Poor Silicon Valley kids!
Considering she will get her necessary “camping gears for girl scouts” from her parents when her birthday present wish was either a computer, Nintendo or Tamagocchi, one movie date with pals sounds like a good plan to us especially when our house is under construction.
So I logged onto Google and researched the near by movie theaters and found out the only G-rated (suitable for all audience) films were “Ratatouille” and “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.”
Since my daughter just went to the great cute mouse movie party, our only hope was Mr. Bean. I’ve never seen the movie series myself so I opened a review on Parent Previews and read,
“A poster of a nude woman seen from the side, the sex-obsessed 10-year-old son of the curator, and Bean’s sexually suggestive overdone antic of trying to dry his trousers in front of a washroom hand dryer will have some parents diving for the fast forward button. Those concerned with religious values will not be pleased with another scene when the curator’s reaction to one of Bean's escapades is loaded with terms of Deity.”
DEFINITELY NO! THIS MOVIE WONT’T BE IT!
IMAGINE these Los Altos parents happen to be in their mid-40's to 50's, venture capitalists, CEOs and PhDs (well excluding us) who are raising their late-born-so-precious kids in their best possible “clean and safe” environment. Sorry Mr. Bean. You won’t be invited to the party!!!!
Well, I read other possible movie reviews such as “In the Shadow of the Moon”…too difficult…and “The Human Body” at the IMAX theater…lightly explains how the intimate parts of the body work…, none of them were appropriate.
After 2 hours of the research, I finally sent an email to my husband with a sigh saying, “Hey, it seems like we have to roll up our sleeves and have the movie party at our house.”
Despite the fact we are under construction, having 9 girls over at your house generally requires a lot of preparation. I prepared the craft kits for Halloween from Michael's (not scary ones for some parents may mind), organic snacks and beverages. Dinner will be catered from SUMIKA. (Thank Goodness our chicken is organic!) Since only a projection TV is working (which requires being dark), the party hours has to be from 6pm to 9pm. I requested all of them to bring their tooth brushes and pajamas just in case they fall asleep in the car on the way home so that they won’t get cavities from our party!!!!!
I don’t know how it will turn out but MY GOODNESS, IT IS A LOT OF WORK. And this is for only one of our daughters. We have three as you may know. The next party is just around the corner in November!
I don’t remember my parents did all of these things for me…but I turned out to be okay I think…
Maybe I am a miracle.











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