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Speaker 1: Hi.

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Speaker 2: This is Laura Vandercamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist,

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Speaker 3: And this is Sarah Hartunger. I'm a mother of three,

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Speaker 3: a practicing physician and blogger. On the side, we are

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Speaker 3: two working parents who love our careers and our families.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds.

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Speaker 2: Here we talk about how real women manage work, family,

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Speaker 2: and time for fun. From figuring out childcare to mapping

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Speaker 2: out long term career goals. We want you to get

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Speaker 2: the most out of life. Welcome to best of both worlds.

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Speaker 2: This is Laura Today. In this episode we are going

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Speaker 2: to be talking about parties, adult parties, kid parties, memorable parties,

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Speaker 2: how to have a good party, Lots of topics about parties.

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Speaker 2: It's funny when I was saying that, I was in

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Speaker 2: my mind running through Have you read Dragons Love Tacos?

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Speaker 1: You must have read Dragons of Course and the sequel.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's true, Dragons love tacos too, But they talk

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Speaker 2: about how how dragons love big parties.

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Speaker 1: Dragons lofve little parties.

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Speaker 2: There was no big parties with accordions, tiny little parties

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Speaker 2: with charades, right like something like that. So many many

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Speaker 2: different kinds of parties. I have not had a big

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Speaker 2: party with accordions or a little party with charades, but

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Speaker 2: they sound great, especially with tacos.

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Speaker 3: That's actually a great kid party idea. If your kid

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Speaker 3: loves that book, you could do a taco party based

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Speaker 3: on you could give the book out for a party favor.

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Speaker 1: Like, yeah, I have a whole thing in my mind.

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Speaker 2: They could all go bury the spicy salsa in the backyard,

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Speaker 2: right so the dragons don't eat it and get the

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Speaker 2: tummy troubles. Because when dragons get the tummy troubles, Oh boy, oh,

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Speaker 2: I just love that concept. I mean they were the

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Speaker 1: And next thing you know, we have dragons love tacos. So, Sarah,

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Speaker 1: given that you have not.

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Speaker 2: Hosted a dragon taco party, what is a memorable party

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Speaker 2: that you have once hosted?

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Speaker 3: So I interpreted this question more on the adult side,

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Speaker 3: as well now that you mention it. The most memorable

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Speaker 3: adult party was probably my husband's fortieth, which was now

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Speaker 1: My most memorable.

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Speaker 2: You're coming, Okay, sounds good. We'd love to have you.

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Speaker 1: Welcome ideas.

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Speaker 2: Anyone's got a time management book they're dying to read.

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Speaker 2: So oh, how about some interesting party? You know, Like

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So I have done karaoke at several parties, and

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Speaker 2: It was excellent, you did awesome. But the goal is

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Speaker 2: So I know a lot of listeners have read Priya

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And it can be about just connection to one

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Speaker 2: I think that's fine to say, because I think people

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Speaker 2: silverware and plates and napkins so that for whatever reason,

440
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,000
Speaker 2: you know, if you need them, you have them.

441
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,600
Speaker 1: Right And they're good for parties, So there's that.

442
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:45,400
Speaker 2: But sometimes even if you have family coming over for

443
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,720
Speaker 2: a meal and something has gone wrong in the dishwashing

444
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:53,080
Speaker 2: process and now we don't have enough plates, it's good

445
00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,600
Speaker 2: to have these things around so you can quickly make

446
00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,960
Speaker 2: it work and not be stressed.

447
00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,520
Speaker 3: We always end up like collecting extras from various kid

448
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,560
Speaker 3: birthday parties and so like when people come over, it's like, oh,

449
00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,960
Speaker 3: like three Mermaid plates and then like two video game plates,

450
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,840
Speaker 3: and it's a mix. But yes, we like to have

451
00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,600
Speaker 3: we kind of keep a stash and that's definitely helpful

452
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,199
Speaker 3: to have. I was also going to mention that you

453
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,920
Speaker 3: can rent things like big tables and chairs. So if

454
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,879
Speaker 3: the issue is that you truly don't have a place

455
00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,399
Speaker 3: to put them without like really disrupting stuff. The problem

456
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,639
Speaker 3: is like renting does cost almost as much as owning them,

457
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,240
Speaker 3: So it's really only makes sense if you have no

458
00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:32,720
Speaker 3: where to put it, which could be the case. I

459
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,000
Speaker 3: mean in our old house, like in our Miami Beach house,

460
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,919
Speaker 3: we actually did not really have anywhere to put it.

461
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,920
Speaker 3: I didn't want to live with like a huge table

462
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,360
Speaker 3: in our house. Now we have a decent sized garage,

463
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,960
Speaker 3: so it makes this very easy from a storage perspective.

464
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,560
Speaker 3: But you can have your party company on speed dial,

465
00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,240
Speaker 3: and if you use the same one over and over again,

466
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:49,960
Speaker 3: you kind of know the process and what they offer,

467
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,080
Speaker 3: and sometimes then you don't have to clean certain things

468
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:52,840
Speaker 3: up as well.

469
00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, that you could just send it back and they'll

470
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,560
Speaker 2: clean it. That sounds like a nice thing. We also

471
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,600
Speaker 2: bought a big cooler what I don't know, what's that?

472
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:02,320
Speaker 2: What's that brand?

473
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,520
Speaker 3: It was like like coleman or Yetti or something that

474
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 3: Yetti Yeti's a fancy one Coleman's Like, well.

475
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:09,680
Speaker 2: It was kind of crazy because you put the ice

476
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,720
Speaker 2: in there and I you know, hadn't cleaned out all

477
00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,920
Speaker 2: of it, like four days later, there was still ice

478
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,520
Speaker 2: in it. It was just like, oh, I guess I

479
00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,640
Speaker 2: can take this on a camping trip if I if

480
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:25,000
Speaker 2: I needed to, and also adequate glassware. So I think

481
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 2: this is another sign of adulthood because it also doesn't

482
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,400
Speaker 2: cost much at all. I think I bought oh boy,

483
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 2: like twenty four red wine glasses and twenty four white

484
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,639
Speaker 2: wine glasses at bed Bath and Beyond, which I'm you know,

485
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 2: they may be liquidating.

486
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Speaker 1: The stores now.

487
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,639
Speaker 2: I'm not sure where that stands at the moment, but

488
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,240
Speaker 2: it was very cheap like, and especially they always had

489
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 2: those thirty percent off coupons that they kind of hand

490
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 2: out on the way in as well.

491
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Speaker 1: And it was not much.

492
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,240
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, it's a dollar or two of glass,

493
00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,719
Speaker 2: and so then you have it, right and people can

494
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,399
Speaker 2: actually drink out of the glasses, although you can also

495
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 2: buy plastic like champagne flutes or something like that. If

496
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 2: you're gonna have a special cocktail that you need a

497
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,480
Speaker 2: special glass for, it doesn't have to be an expensive ordeal.

498
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 1: But yeah, Ikia sell them right there.

499
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, Ikea is what I was gonna say, is our

500
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 3: go to for a very inexpensive glassware. And the nice

501
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 3: thing about dollar glassware is also that if one of

502
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,639
Speaker 3: them happens to break because the party is really raging,

503
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 3: then it's not really at.

504
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 2: The end of the world, not at all, which is

505
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 2: why it's helpful to have a big trash can. So

506
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,800
Speaker 2: this is something you definitely need to think through with

507
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,880
Speaker 2: a party, is what is the trash situation? Because I mean,

508
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 2: most people don't want to just leave their trash lying about.

509
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,879
Speaker 2: If they are the nice people that you would have

510
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 2: invited to your party, they want to be responsible with

511
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,359
Speaker 2: their trash, but if they can't find the place to

512
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,639
Speaker 2: put it, and I feel like in a lot of

513
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,680
Speaker 2: modern kitchens there it's like very exciting to hide the

514
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,120
Speaker 2: you know, trash and some drawer that it doesn't look

515
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 2: like it's the trash, and so you know, people are

516
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 2: gonna have to be opening like ten different drawers to

517
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,560
Speaker 2: find where you put your trash can. Put it out,

518
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 2: have a big one, line it with really heavy plastic

519
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 2: and then you can just wrap it up at the

520
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 2: end of the night and take it out and you're good.

521
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,639
Speaker 3: Totally makes sense. We have definitely done that with kids'

522
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,800
Speaker 3: birthday parties. Make it obvious, make it easy, otherwise you'll

523
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 3: have paper plates all over year on Sarah's the music, Yeah,

524
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 3: what do you Yeah, I've made playlists on occasion. I

525
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 3: mean we just like turn on our speakers. When I

526
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 3: say like we just do this, well, I mean we

527
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 3: do it for like smaller dinner parties, which we have

528
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 3: done since twenty fourteen. Don't worry, but yeah, and then

529
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,600
Speaker 3: other times I just let Apple or Spotify, like you

530
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,679
Speaker 3: can just look up like chill dinner party or like

531
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 3: fun nineties music or the Yay playlist, which is my

532
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 3: kid's current favorite, would be great for a kid birthday party. Yeah,

533
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 3: because the people at those services kind of do a

534
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,919
Speaker 3: good job of curating playlists because it's turned out.

535
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: I think they do that all day long.

536
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 2: So you get into the idea of what makes it,

537
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,639
Speaker 2: you know, all nice, alternating different kind of isaaca, but

538
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 2: all in the same theme. Yeah, exactly, party menus. So

539
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 2: what's your favorite party food?

540
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I would say ease over anything else. I

541
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 3: think cheese is always a wind giant cheese plate. No

542
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 3: one's gonna say no to that. I think takeout can

543
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,640
Speaker 3: be your best friend. As I mentioned, I think Mediterranean

544
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,879
Speaker 3: is particularly good. Here's why not that expensive? Usually so

545
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 3: many good appetizers, like who doesn't like peda triangles and

546
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,760
Speaker 3: hummus and like all the different dips. It has a

547
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,400
Speaker 3: lot of foods that would be good for people who

548
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 3: are like vegan or vegetarian or like paleot like. They

549
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 3: kind of have serve every dietary end of the spectrum

550
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 3: and it's delicious. So that's what we did a million

551
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,639
Speaker 3: years ago is probably what I would do again if

552
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 3: I was hosting a big party at the house for

553
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:48,479
Speaker 3: kid parties.

554
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 1: Of course there's pizza.

555
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 3: Those are my big go Tou's. Oh and Trader Joe's

556
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 3: has a lot of like if you're throwing a party

557
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,640
Speaker 3: that's supposed to look fancy but you're not actually fancy,

558
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 3: get a million of those Trader Joe's appetizers like minikeishes

559
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 3: and stuff because they look impressive, but like they're very

560
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,400
Speaker 3: easy and not terribly expensive.

561
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 2: So I'm going to do a shout out for Costco

562
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 2: shrimp trays because in times I've looked into like catering

563
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,160
Speaker 2: parties or something like that for whatever, the shrimp tray

564
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,879
Speaker 2: is often incredibly expensive and a lot of people like

565
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 2: shrimp and cocktail sauce, and it's you know, looks fancy

566
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 2: and it fits with you know, anyone who can eat shellfish,

567
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,880
Speaker 2: and obviously that's a big allergy in there, but you know,

568
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 2: it's it's a good party food. But it tends to

569
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,840
Speaker 2: be really expensive when you're getting it catered. But costco

570
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,159
Speaker 2: shrimp trays are very cheap for how much shrimp you

571
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,719
Speaker 2: are getting, So you just load up a couple of

572
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 2: them and then you've got a huge thing of shrimp

573
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 2: that people can can dig into. So we've wound up

574
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 2: buying like three or four of them for a big

575
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 2: party and then feeling like we have tons of shrimp.

576
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 1: It's very exciting.

577
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 2: I will say that I'm always curious about the veggie tray,

578
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 2: and people can write into me about this, but I

579
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 2: feel like they are created to look like all the

580
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 2: different colors. So you have the carrots, you have broccoli

581
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 2: and cauliflower. Usually on these veggie trays, do people actually eat.

582
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: Raw coliflower and raw broccoli?

583
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 2: That's it strikes me is there'se They're not the world's

584
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 2: best raw foods.

585
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: You know, carrots totally good, but.

586
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 3: In theeum with you and yet in practice, Like at

587
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 3: least two out of three of my kids would totally

588
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 3: eat the raw cauliflower and broccoli, especial if they can

589
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 3: put a bunch of ranch on it, and especially if

590
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,119
Speaker 3: there's little kids. I think parents like having like a

591
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 3: little healthy something to put on their plate. Now, whether

592
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 3: it actually gets eaten not always, but I don't know.

593
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 3: I think it depends on the audience.

594
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 2: Don't get the veggie tray, like, just get a big

595
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 2: thing of carrots.

596
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, those are the most populars.

597
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 2: Are the most carrots are cucumbers or even celery sticks.

598
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,679
Speaker 2: I think, you know, because people like, you know, if

599
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 2: you had like blue cheese or something that would yeah,

600
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 2: buffalo sauce. I think carrots and celery are like the

601
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,720
Speaker 2: two veggies that people are most likely to actually eat.

602
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: And same thing with the fruit tray.

603
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 2: I mean, so fruit it's a little bit more people

604
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 2: will eat all of it. But I think sometimes like

605
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 2: the honeydew melon gets less dug into than the strawberries,

606
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 2: So you might just buy a bunch of strawberries or

607
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,400
Speaker 2: a big bowl of grapes, and then you don't have

608
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 2: the extra stuff that.

609
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: People aren't necessarily eating. I don't know, maybe that's just me.

610
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 3: I kind of like the trays that they exist because

611
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 3: they can be such an easy whenever there's a school thing,

612
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 3: if I see that on the list, like oh ooh

613
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,360
Speaker 3: ooh me because it's like easy.

614
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 1: Like yeah, you know you're going to find it.

615
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 3: It's not a specific brand, like you're not going to

616
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 3: mess it up and you don't have to do any work.

617
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, No, I just say, if you were going

618
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 2: to make a veggie tray, like just put it with

619
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 2: the veggies people actually eat, or fruit tray, you know,

620
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 2: make it with two the strawberries and the grapes or whatever.

621
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 3: I feel like this is a business idea waiting to

622
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 3: launch Laura's veggie trays that people actually want to consume.

623
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 2: Versus the ones that I just just look pretty with

624
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 2: the multiple different kinds of veggies.

625
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: Yeah.

626
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 2: Now, I'm a big fan of pita chips and flavored hummus.

627
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 2: That's another cheap and easy option. And Costco actually sells

628
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 2: cheese trays right that you have like four different kinds

629
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 2: of cheeses that I'm sure have been chosen because they

630
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 2: go together as a cheese flight. So if you are

631
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 2: not in fact a cheese expert.

632
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: That can be good.

633
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 2: I've thought about doing a party sometime where you get

634
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 2: a food truck to come.

635
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: Have you ever experienced one like this? Yeah?

636
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 3: I went to a kids one with an ice cream

637
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 3: truck that was a big hit. I mean it was

638
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 3: like free for all, like get whatever you want. It

639
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 3: was pretty cool.

640
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 2: Yeah. But I mean one of the food trucks that

641
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 2: sells like a certain kind of food.

642
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: I don't know the main lobsters.

643
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,800
Speaker 2: That's probably really expensive one, but I don't know, kebabs

644
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 2: or street tacos or something. And you have it park

645
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 2: in your driveway and then people can do that as

646
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 2: they're entree, and then you supplement with the veggie tray.

647
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: That could be fun. I don't know.

648
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, for a big party that would be that'd be great.

649
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 3: I also recently saw a blog post about the comeback

650
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 3: of Ruffel potato chips and like sour creamin onion dip.

651
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 1: Oh. Yeah, And I will say that is a classic.

652
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: It is a classic good party food. It does. I

653
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: mean people will probably eat it.

654
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 2: It may not look that fancy on your table, but

655
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 2: people will no doubt eat it. Sarah put a question

656
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 2: in hear of any fantasy parties you want, what's your

657
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 2: fantasy party, Sarah.

658
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 3: My fantasy party is my is the Taylor Swift party

659
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 3: that I have yet to throw because I'm not going

660
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 3: to concert because I just couldn't could not. I mean

661
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 3: I could have, but I prioritize other things, let's put

662
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 3: it that way, then spending like probably ten k on

663
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 3: tickets for the terrible seats.

664
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Speaker 1: So since I'm not doing that, I.

665
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 3: Was like, I want to throw a Taylor Swift party

666
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 3: karaoke and Taylor videos and like invite everybody I know

667
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 3: who loves Taylor Swift and we all just sing and

668
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 3: like talk about Taylor Swift. We could have like a

669
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 3: quiz game, there could be party favors themed I think

670
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 3: this would be really fun. I also, I'm not sure

671
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 3: it will actually happen. I actually think I just want

672
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 3: to go to this party. I don't want the work

673
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 3: throwing it.

674
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, you want somebody else to throw the Tailor Swift party, Yes, yes,

675
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: I do.

676
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 3: So.

677
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 2: Speaking of parties that we sometimes have other people throw,

678
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 2: we may pay for them, but you have other people

679
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 2: doing the work at kid birthday parties, so you mostly

680
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 2: do yours at venues or with somebody else running it right.

681
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 3: Usually we're doing our first home one in about a month,

682
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 3: so I'll let you know how that goes.

683
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: But I love a good venue.

684
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 3: We've done basketball, We've done cooking, as I mentioned, We've

685
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 3: done gymnastics, We've done pitt your own pottery, kind of

686
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,479
Speaker 3: done like a lot of different parties. And I just

687
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 3: love having somebody else kind of run the show, in

688
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 3: part because I have more fun if I can like

689
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 3: talk to people and not worry so much about being

690
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 3: master of ceremonies or keeping everybody occupied. And so that's

691
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 3: been our go to and the kids are usually excited

692
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 3: about it. Video Game Truck was a hit for Cameron

693
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 3: two years in a row. I could see doing that

694
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 3: for a while.

695
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good one.

696
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've done and I remember there's one memorable year

697
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 2: where we did three parties at Bounce You. Like our

698
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 2: three older children, I think they were like eight, six

699
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 2: and four or something. We did all three of them

700
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 2: at Bounce You in the course of the year, so

701
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: we were we were good customers there. I will do

702
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 2: a shout out though, if you are doing a party

703
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 2: at a venue and they do the pizza and cake

704
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,479
Speaker 2: or whatever to actually bring the fruit tray because we

705
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 2: did this with Alex's party in January, brought you know,

706
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 2: we did like an orduruv tray and a fruit tray

707
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 2: because that well, maybe some adults will stick around and

708
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 2: then we have stuff for them to eat other.

709
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: Than just you know, the pizza. But I was surprised

710
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: how many kids took the fruit.

711
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 2: They're like, ooh, it was like pineapple and you know, strawberries,

712
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,480
Speaker 2: and so I was like going around dishing those out

713
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 2: and we actually got takers for a lot of it,

714
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 2: so that was good.

715
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: And then there was you know, one.

716
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 2: Kid who even ate the olives off them. Kid, it

717
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 2: was a more sophisticated palette.

718
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: I was like, it didn't mean that you couldn't have it.

719
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 2: I was sort of like this was for the adults

720
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 2: who are there, and then the kid is like over

721
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 2: there like covering at it, looking at the alives. I'm like,

722
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 2: you could eat it too. You could have the cheese

723
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 2: and olives and you don't just have to eat the

724
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 2: mass produced pizza. That's not your thing.

725
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 1: Have a say yeah, if you do it at your house.

726
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: So we did.

727
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 2: Ruth did a sort of Halloween party because her birthdays

728
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 2: in October that we did at our house, and you

729
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 2: really it's a lot more work because you have to

730
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 2: think through the whole guest experience, so and think about

731
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: what activities could they do, and we wound up getting

732
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 2: some of those, like polaroid cameras so they could take

733
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 2: pictures of each other in their costumes and in front

734
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 2: of different scenes, wrapping kids up like a mummy with

735
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 2: toilet paper, decorating pumpkins, telling scary stories outside with flashlights.

736
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 2: So I think definitely need to have a theme and

737
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 2: then think through the activities, because that's what they do

738
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 2: at a venue, is there's a theme, because you're at

739
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 2: a place that has a theme, presumably, and then they

740
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 2: move them to different stations, usually at different points, and

741
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 2: so you sort of have to think about what's your

742
00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 2: equivalent in your house.

743
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good point.

744
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 3: I'll have to think about that and kind of an

745
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 3: estimated amount of time that each will realistically take, and

746
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 3: probably have some extras in case certain things are not

747
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 3: hits and you got to move on.

748
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: This is why I do venues. It's like a lot. Yeah, yeah,

749
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: so favors.

750
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 2: Given that favors is it sends people out to the

751
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 2: outside world. We tend not to do them that often

752
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 2: for adults, but for kids, if you do. What do

753
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 2: you think about this, Sarah?

754
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 1: I hate them.

755
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 3: I wish we could just make a rule that you

756
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 3: don't do it. I mean, I will say they're useful

757
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 3: for really little kids, for providing an endpoint that's not

758
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 3: just them screaming because they have to leave a party.

759
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,280
Speaker 3: I feel like that's kind of like their one purpose.

760
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 3: But I wish people could be more like a minimal

761
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 3: about them. I mean, I do think you the best

762
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 3: ones are like something very consumable, like a cookie or

763
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,360
Speaker 3: I don't know, like a thing of bath jab with

764
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 3: a ribbon around it, if it was like a girl's

765
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 3: part I mean, I don't know something like that, although.

766
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: Paperback book would be good.

767
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 3: I just like, people go so overblown and so like

768
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 3: fifty different plastic pieces that just go everywhere and get

769
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 3: thrown out, and it just like makes me sad, just

770
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 3: even environmentally. I mean, yes, these parties in general are

771
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 3: not like big environmental wins, but like at least everything's

772
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 3: being used during the course of a party and enjoyed.

773
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 3: Like I don't even think those little bags really like

774
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 3: serve much of a part, Like the trade off's not

775
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 3: worth it.

776
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think, yeah, if there's something that's related

777
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 2: to the theme of the party and that the kids

778
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 2: will actually use, and I'll just make a pitch here

779
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,839
Speaker 2: for shifting your party budget somewhat to think of. If

780
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 2: you're going to do a favor, maybe do a slightly

781
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 2: nicer one, like put a few more dollars into that,

782
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:40,880
Speaker 2: or maybe it's like that there's fewer kids coming and

783
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 2: so they could all be nicer, and then maybe not

784
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 2: do something else in order to shift that over there,

785
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 2: because usually, I mean you often don't even have to

786
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 2: dom it. So if you go to Target off and

787
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 2: has that three dollars section in the front where they

788
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 2: have different things, I mean, I wouldn't inflict plato on

789
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 2: other parents. But we managed to get like three pack

790
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 2: paw patrol plato thing at Target for three dollars, and

791
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 2: I could see that being you know, something that's consumable

792
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 2: that would be a little bit more I don't know,

793
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 2: you throw it out eventually, versus little plastic junk. Or

794
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,799
Speaker 2: if it was a cooking party, like a rolling pin

795
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 2: or something from the cookie cutters from the three dollars section,

796
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 2: you know, that could be a reasonable amount.

797
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: We did.

798
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,839
Speaker 2: For Alex's rock climbing party, we did sidewalk chalk because

799
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,839
Speaker 2: you used chalk with climbing, obviously different form of chalk,

800
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 2: but sidewalk chalk packs and rock candy like the little

801
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 2: on a stick.

802
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,320
Speaker 1: Those those rock candies that people got those as the theme.

803
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: That's a good one.

804
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 3: I mean, that's nobody's gonna worry about that cluttering. Chalk

805
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 3: always gets used. Yeah, I think consumable is the key,

806
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 3: whether by eating or just by using up in some

807
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:51,760
Speaker 3: other fashion.

808
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 2: Though I have to say I remember now now and

809
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 2: them thinking about it. For Sam's Game truck party, we

810
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,399
Speaker 2: didn't do any favors, and I don't think anyone cared

811
00:36:58,440 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 2: or noticed.

812
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: I guess by the same after a certain age they get.

813
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 2: To thirteen, people are like, yeah, where's my pizza, where's

814
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 2: my where's my video game?

815
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,240
Speaker 3: I have gotten some like monogram towels at swim parties

816
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 3: and I'm like, wow, that's like over the top. And

817
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,399
Speaker 3: then I'm also like, ooh, this is actually how we'll

818
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 3: use this.

819
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 1: How can use it? Sounds great?

820
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 2: Well, So, speaking of ages of kids, this brings us

821
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 2: to our Q and A, which is at what age

822
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 2: do children actually start really having parties. So, if our

823
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 2: listener has, you know, got a baby here, what should

824
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 2: she be prepared for in terms of when it's going

825
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 2: to start being expected when she might need to start

826
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 2: calling the bouncy house place versus when they don't need

827
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:45,399
Speaker 2: to worry about that.

828
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 3: I think when we're thinking about when is the kid

829
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 3: going to care, it's probably around four. I think prior

830
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 3: to that you could probably get away with we're doing

831
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 3: a special trip, we're doing a special treat. Obviously, when

832
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 3: they're one, they have no idea. I'm not saying don't

833
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,720
Speaker 3: throw those parties. Those parties are so fun for adults,

834
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 3: but they're definitely more for the adults and celebrating the

835
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,240
Speaker 3: milestone of having kept your child alive for a year

836
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 3: and surviving as a family. So I think that's worth

837
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 3: celebrating and really really fun. But I don't think the

838
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 3: kid cares until around four in my experience.

839
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say for Henry's party for turning three

840
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 2: this year, it was a little late because we weren't

841
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: all together on his third birthday.

842
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 1: For starters, we.

843
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 2: Had my parents come and a family friend who has

844
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 2: a daughter the same age as Henry, and they got

845
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 2: to play together for a while, and he opened some

846
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 2: presents and then they could both play with them together

847
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 2: while they were there, and we all hung out, had

848
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 2: an early supper, and that was it. I think he

849
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 2: will have a real one next year, just because it's

850
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 2: they're in preschool often at that age, and so their

851
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 2: classmates start doing it too. He's gone to a few

852
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 2: this year, four classmates, and they tend to be the

853
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 2: older classmates. It's a monastery, so it's like three to

854
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 2: five in the same group, but the older kids who

855
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 2: are turning four or five, you know, some of them

856
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 2: are having parties at various places, and so he's gone

857
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 2: to a few and has definitely liked it. So I

858
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 2: think next year he will know that his birthday is

859
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 2: coming up, and I think he will be more aware

860
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: of that. I found the interesting thing of when is

861
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 2: it acceptable to drop a kid off? Now, obviously it's

862
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 2: a three year old that's it was definitely not like

863
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 2: he needs an adult.

864
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: With him all the time.

865
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 2: But you know, my eight year old, I drop off

866
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 2: sort of without even thinking about it. I just assume,

867
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 2: like if the parents haven't said anything like they require

868
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 2: adults supervision, like you would have to put that on

869
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 2: the invite.

870
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 1: For parents to notice.

871
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 3: Day highly regional. Yeah, so I put on Cameron's ninth

872
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 3: birthday party, feel free to drop off, and so many

873
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 3: people stayed. Oh interesting, I don't know there there's just yeah,

874
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 3: there's different levels of comfort and that's okay.

875
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course, I personally much.

876
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 3: Prefer to drop my child off, because I mean, unless

877
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 3: it's a that I really want to get to know

878
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 3: the parents and like, and there's somewhere for the parents

879
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 3: to comfortably sit and chat, like if there's an actual

880
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,479
Speaker 3: mini parent party going on, actually, then I'm happy to stay.

881
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 3: But if it's like crowded around in some tiny room

882
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 3: while the kids are doing something like, oh my gosh,

883
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 3: please make it clear, so I'll say. I do think

884
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:20,320
Speaker 3: it's nice when invitations specify whether that's either an option

885
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 3: or because I don't. I also feel like I don't

886
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 3: like being like, so can I can I drop off? Like?

887
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 3: Better to be explicit, feel free to drop off? This

888
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,799
Speaker 3: is drop off only. Please stay with your child. We'll

889
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 3: have lots of snacks. Like, I think it's better to

890
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 3: stay outright. What your policy is going to be?

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00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: Excellent? All right, Well, love of the week. What do

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00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 1: we have this week?

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00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 2: I can go first, so I mentioned that at roots party,

894
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 2: we had those little Polaroid cameras. I had different companies

895
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 2: make them. Now it's not just Polaroid that had the technology,

896
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 2: and they're really cool. Like the actual getting a printed

897
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 2: photo right there, it gives you something that's a memory

898
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 2: of the party, a tangible memory that is actually cool

899
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 2: to have. I mean as opposed to a cheap plastic favor.

900
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 2: You know, you have a photo of you and your friends,

901
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 2: and many modern children actually do not have a whole

902
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:15,880
Speaker 2: lot of printed photos of themselves and their friends, and

903
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 2: adults don't either. So if you are having an adult party,

904
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 2: you might buy a couple of these. You know, they're

905
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 2: not terribly expensive. You can get you can look for

906
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 2: sales on them, is what I would say. If you

907
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 2: hunt around on Amazon, they're often somebody's running a sale.

908
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 2: If you've you know, looking at this over a month

909
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 2: period of time, and get a few of them, and

910
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 2: get some extra film, and then people can take photos

911
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 2: of the party and then you have, you know, something

912
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 2: to send guests home with.

913
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 1: I love it.

914
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 3: Or you could like decorate a picture frame and then

915
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 3: you can take your picture home for a kid's party

916
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:52,880
Speaker 3: or something that's awesome. Mine's totally unrelated to this entire topic.

917
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 3: And this also sounds like a sponsor, but it's not.

918
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 3: We have no relationship with this company but Marriott Bonvoy.

919
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 3: So I'm a member, and like, you know, I guess

920
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 3: points whatever, but I have to say, like the app

921
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 3: is great, like the idea that you can just be

922
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 3: somewhere and be like, oh crap, I don't know, I

923
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 3: don't actually have a place to stay, and like look

924
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 3: on the app and like book it immediately.

925
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: It kind of saved us.

926
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,800
Speaker 3: My husband was took Cameron skiing and like he needed

927
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 3: some last minute hotel booking help and it was just

928
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 3: super easy. And I was like, huh, this is nice.

929
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 3: Like you don't have to talk to a person, you

930
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 3: don't have to go to a website, you like, pick

931
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 3: your location whatever. Done.

932
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 2: So wait, So if he took Cameron's skiing and didn't

933
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 2: know where he was staying at night.

934
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 3: Oh, this is a long story not for the podcast,

935
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 3: So just leave you all with that. Okay, gosh, he

936
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 3: was fine, He was fine. Okay, nothing was wrong. It

937
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 3: was just some stuff happened. Some stuff happen it's all good,

938
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 3: all right, Well, you know it's it's happened.

939
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 2: I once had a booking at a hotel that like

940
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 2: had a flood or whatever, and you know you have

941
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 2: to find somewhere else like these things, these things happen,

942
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 2: ye happens, happens.

943
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: All right.

944
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 2: Well, this has been best of both worlds. We've been

945
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Speaker 2: talking about all things parties. We will be back next

946
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Speaker 2: week with more on making work and life fit together.

947
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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening.

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Speaker 3: You can find me Sarah at the shoebox dot com

949
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Speaker 3: or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, and you.

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Speaker 2: Can find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. This

951
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 2: has been the best of both Worlds podcasts. Please join

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00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 2: us next time for more on making work and life

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Speaker 2: work together.