Party Animals

It was a 2 birthday party day. What fun, sic! I thought.  The weekend is gone.  Being a kid has it's advantages.  Not very many responsibilities, and parties galore.  I didn't take any pics from the first party.  I was too busy playing games.  But the second party I did.

At first we were going to do a drop a run.  But we ended up staying and hanging out.  Glad we did. Luca's parents and family are super.  So were the neighbours who told us about the neighbourhood, houses for sale, the rockstar that lived on the street and then sold his home for over $1M.  Very informative.
And Lan stuck around to protect the animals from Jacob.  Who was making himself right at home.

I was expecting it to be a critter party.  Similar to what we had been to many years prior.  But Luca's family already has many pets, from rabbits to turtles to lizards to snakes and now a kitty that was supposed to be a surprise.  But you know how well kids keep secrets, when they find out about a secret.  It very quickly becomes NOT a secret.


The first things to be brought out were the Amazon Macaw and the Parrot that was repeating everything the kids were saying.  That was interesting.  Especially with the group of boys from class and their ring leader.



The Chinese Showgirl chickens didn't like being held by an asian.  Probably some fear of being turned into a main course, just after the shark fin soup.

Must have been a rescued animal from a Mandarin buffet place.  And it sensed danger.

I had put on a boa in the last critter party, feeling it move was eerie. Kieran is super comfortable with all animals.  But the boa was exciting, but was harmless.  Unlike the red snake behind Kieran. I think it all has to do with the stigma associated with snakes.  I touched the skin and it was cool to the touch.  Not slimy at all.  It's not a worm or a snail.  And the body was so muscular.  Incredible this thing moves and has no feet or legs.
Lan wanted Josh to put the snake on.  And let it hug him.

This little asian girl looked like she had had turtle soup before.  Nothing new here.  She might have had some for dinner the other night.  Well this was a tortoise not a turtle.  Probably tastes completely different, plus it won't bite you.  Turtles will.  At least the live ones.




Can't have a Critter party without a critter.  I was waiting for the big ass centipede, but a big ass cockroach is fine too.
Whatever you do, don't give it to the asian kids.  They'll eat it like it was a big chocolate M&M.

The pinata was a turtle.  It didn't quite work out the way they had planned but when it exploded to pieces, the free for all was like flies to _____.  You know what.

Don't eat the cockroach.  It's not a treat.
At this point it was hard to tell the difference between the animals and some of the kids.  Good thing it was time for parents to get their kids.  The one good thing about attending these parties is taking stock of the behaviour of specific kids.  So you can filter the invites for the next bday party. If you get my drift.

Party Animal photos