Summer Time, Party Time!

July 10, 2009


Parties are the perfect excuse to have all your friends over. School’s out but now doing nothing is getting boring and there’s too much spare time! Planning an awesome party may seem like a lot of work, but actually it’s very simple.

Last week, I asked my parents to have a summer party. They said that it’s fine as long as I’m organizing the whole party by myself and they don’t have to host it for me. With the help of internet, I sent my summer party invitation to about 30 people. It was so quick and easy; it took less than 5 minutes.

Given that it’s not a party without a lot of food, I jotted down a long shopping list for my parents to buy:
- French Fries
- Frozen Pizzas
- Smiles
- Marshmallows
- Chips
- Hot dogs
- Hot dog buns
- Hamburgers
- Hamburger buns
- Sodas and Juice
- Watermelon
- Cantaloupe
- Honey Dew
- Strawberries
- Oranges
- Corn
- Ice Cream/ Popsicles/ Freezies
- Chicken Wings
- Paper Cups and Plates, napkins and cutlery

Since I have to do mostly everything on my own, the foods that will be served are very simple. I’m not the best cook in the world; in fact my only skill is baking (which I learned in cooking club at school.) Luckily, my mom agreed to help fry some chicken wings.

On the day of my party, it was the perfect weather for a water war in my backyard. I blasted the radio while everyone fought to use the hose and water guns, getting super drenched. The water was extremely cold but we didn't care because our clothes dried so quickly in the sun that we almost didn't need to change.

We also raced to the park to play grounders, tag, and basketball. It was fun but we became all sweaty so we raced back to my house to cool down in the basement. We watched a movie then played many games of Twister, Spin the Bottle, Truth or Dare, trying to “rap” and cards all the way until 11 o’clock at night. Food was served at a table through-out the whole day but not even half was eaten. The pizza, fries, chicken wings, sodas, corn and ice-cream all disappeared, but there were lots of leftover hamburgers, hotdogs, marshmallows, chips, etc.

It was a fun, simple and easy party to organize, even for an eighth grader like me. So when there’s nothing to do during this summer vacation, you can invite all your friends and host your own cool party!