ah yes! children's birthday parties
At this self-same birthday party, the birthday girl received what amounted to a pair of preschool hooker shoes. Silver platform shoes that clattered horrendously across the wood and tiled floor. Towards the end of the party, before the four little girls would all soon be rushed off to home and jammies, they herded together and began to run at break-neck speeds from one end of the house to the other whilst whooping mightily. Birthday girl in her hooker shoes flailing and clacking along in the rear. There's nothing quite like a wipeout by a newly birthdayed 3 year old in hooker shoes. All the grownups stop breathing for a second, waiting to see if a wail ensues. We've all learned, don't freak out until they do. If that had been ME wiping out, there woulda been tears, my friend. And booze. A lot of booze.
