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Fourteen kids, ages 7-15, showing up in a little under an hour. We had planned sledding. This was going to be accomplished as follows:
Parent: OK kids, let's get our snow gear on, grab your sleds, let's go!
::walk for five minutes::
Parent: Go!
Kids: Wheeee!
The hill is icy and difficult. We're going to have to plan Capture The Flag instead.
oh god.
Parent: OK kids, let's get our snow gear on, let's go!
::walk for five minutes::
Parents: ::explains rules, lets kids with sleds go see if the hill is actually good anyway, sets up teams so that nobody feels like they're the last kid picked but the teams are even in terms of skill, explains rules again, set up the flags, explains the teams again, and the rules again, help kids find the flags, answers questions about the game, starts the game, explains again, figure out what to do with the kids who don't want to participate, helps kids find way through forest, adjudicates allegations of cheating, cheers along kids from the winning team, explains rules again, finds kid lost in the wood, adjudicate another allegation of cheating, find another lost kid, take kid back to house for potty break, step in between two kids who are ticked off, takes back kids who are too cold, deals with "This SUCKS!" and "They CHEATED!" from various kids, finds another lost kid, wonders how anybody could possibly get lost in the woods as there are no leaves on any of the trees, sympathizes with the kids who say there's not enough cover...::
kill me now
This will work out. All the kids will have fun. I will have a huge headache and a huge amount of alcohol afterwards, but will feel happy and accomplished and relieved when it is over for a whole other year.
::calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean::
Parent: OK kids, let's get our snow gear on, grab your sleds, let's go!
::walk for five minutes::
Parent: Go!
Kids: Wheeee!
The hill is icy and difficult. We're going to have to plan Capture The Flag instead.
oh god.
Parent: OK kids, let's get our snow gear on, let's go!
::walk for five minutes::
Parents: ::explains rules, lets kids with sleds go see if the hill is actually good anyway, sets up teams so that nobody feels like they're the last kid picked but the teams are even in terms of skill, explains rules again, set up the flags, explains the teams again, and the rules again, help kids find the flags, answers questions about the game, starts the game, explains again, figure out what to do with the kids who don't want to participate, helps kids find way through forest, adjudicates allegations of cheating, cheers along kids from the winning team, explains rules again, finds kid lost in the wood, adjudicate another allegation of cheating, find another lost kid, take kid back to house for potty break, step in between two kids who are ticked off, takes back kids who are too cold, deals with "This SUCKS!" and "They CHEATED!" from various kids, finds another lost kid, wonders how anybody could possibly get lost in the woods as there are no leaves on any of the trees, sympathizes with the kids who say there's not enough cover...::
kill me now
This will work out. All the kids will have fun. I will have a huge headache and a huge amount of alcohol afterwards, but will feel happy and accomplished and relieved when it is over for a whole other year.
::calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean::
