"How to Overstimulate Your Children", or "Happy Birthday, Girls!"

First, pack five first graders into the back of a van for 45 minutes. Next, arrive at the arcade, crammed with people, lights flashing, bells ringing, kids screaming, and music playing. Feed aforementioned children plus four more who arrived in the back of another van (thanks, John and Allsion! We couldn't have done it without you!) root beer, two bites of pizza each and more root beer. Follow children into insanity that is arcade and watch them literally ricochet (oh so happily, I might add) from one game to the next. Give them unlimited rides on the "Frog Hopper", then ice cream sundaes. Cap it all off with 30 minutes or so in the gigantic play structure. Finally, spend about eight hours helping each of nine children "spend" their tickets on junk toys before piling back into two vans for the long drive home. (knock, knock joke, anyone?) Overstimulated yet? Oh yeah. Best birthday party ever? You bet!