Claire’s Birthday
Claire’s real birthday had a number of gifts and dinner with my parents at Yamaguchi’s (Claire had a sushi sampler, Avery had udon), but her party was on the fourth.
We had set it up at the local candy store and arrived a bit early to set up. It was hard to keep Avery from grabbing all the candy he could, but once the guests started arriving he was somewhat distracted. Claire screamed and ran to every person as they arrived. The store had a bunch of fun things set up for the party. They made candy sushi using Swedish fish and rice krispy treats, did some candy jewelry (little of which lasted long enough to be worn out the door), and sand art using powdered candy.
Diana is getting a reputation for her music CDs. Last year the American Idol CD had lots of dance tunes ready to be sung along with. This year the songs all had to do with candy. For posterity, the song list was:
- The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani
- Candy – Mandy Moore
- Sugar, Sugar – The Archies
- The Candy Man – Sammy Davis, Jr.
- My Boy Lollipop – Red Sauce
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavor – Lonnie Donnegan and His Skiffle Group
- A Spoon Full Of Sugar – Julie Andrews
- I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
- Chocolate Nut – James K
- Candy – Tracey Ullman
- Yummy, Yummy, Yummy – Ohio Express
- Candyman Blues – Victor Johnson
- Candy – Whigfield
- Bubble Gum – Kid’s Night Out
- Chocolate – Tricia Sebastian
- Chomping Gum – Hap Palmer
- Icky Sticky Bubble Gum – David Landau
- Jellybean Jungle – Butterscott
- Green M&Ms – Mary Arden Collins
- Chocolate (Choco Choco) – Soul Control
- I’m Your Gummy Bear (Ich Bin Ein Gummi Bear) – Gummi Bear
- Don’t Brush Your Teeth While You’re Driving – Kirk Moore
Special thanks to iTunes for making the CDs possible. And yes, we are aware that technically some of those songs aren’t “about candy.”
August 5th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Hey! Thanks for putting one of my songs on your candy CD!