wordless Wednesday . . . 'a glimpse into my future with teenage daughters'

Greetings all,
Saturday night 21st birthday party preparations . . .

my future, eeeekk!!

 More wordless Wednesday fun at Faith, Hope & a Whole Lotta Love, love Posie

my family knows how to par-tay

Greetings all,

Oh WOW, how much fun was my niece's 21st in Sydney on Saturday night??!!  Everyone embraced the 80's theme - Bon Jovi, Blues Brothers, Billy Ray mullets, Madonna, Beetlejuice, Olivia Newton-John, Miama Vice & Tina Turner + some choice 80's resort wear.  Some boys came as 80 year olds with walking frames, so funny!!  By 1a.m. i started ferrying family members back to my parent's house 2 streets over & found horror movie character 'Jason' (complete with mask & knife) getting into a taxi cab.  Even better, there was really heavy fog in the street.  Only in St Ives would that be completely harmless & not an actual threat!! 

My son had worn his 'Say It Don't Spray It' Tshirt all week & left it (clean) on his bed in Canberra, so he rocked the 80's nightclub owner look. 

 My girls (3 on the left) in . . . bubble skirt with rainbow half head of hair; the 80's sports star; & the tulle tutu with Converse, skinny tie & single streak of pink hair ensemble. 

 There were LOTS of legwarmers with Converse or heels, nice!!

 I come from one of 'those' families . . . we are loud & enthusiastic about everything.  Here is my eldest brother, the rocket scientist, dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle & his wife rocking out the fluoro dance gear with denim.  They are the proud parents of the birthday girl & brave owners of the house/ par-tay venue.  They are in the middle of moving house!! 

 My other brother, the trauma surgeon & anaesthetist, came as Devo, complete with his squash goggles; his wife is Crystal Carrington from Dynasty (she's a dentist so she can't show you her face).  He he, an 80's toothbrush ad joke for you!!  If only their patients could see them now.

 My sister with her boys, wore a bit of fluoro but shockingly did not get into the dress ups.  She was 18 when the 80's finished & RIGHT into the fashion, in the worst way - she was a dancer & doing theatre!!  80's: fail. 

 The country cousins had a blast - on weekend release from boarding school.  Rubik's Cube & Wonder Woman's 2 big brothers came as Top Gun pilots, flight suits rolled down & topless on the dance floor all night.

 The birthday girl doing trashy 80's sans shoes with her little sister in sky high heels, in her mummy's genuine 80's dance leotard!!

 My son pre-party being chased by PacMan.  Yes, there were props.

 The hero-in-a-half-shell cooking up a storm!!  As always, delicious food.

 Devo kept his hat on all night - look at the expression my nephew's face.  The big boy on the right is the next 21st on the calendar, he's studying medicine so is not sure whether to have a country 21st with family, or party at Uni with friends. 

 This is how all good parties end, collapsed on a blow up mattress!!

We danced & laughed, shared old photos & . . . picked up 10 cases worth of beer bottles!!  I was up at 7a.m. cleaning up the rest of the mess.  So cute to see my nieces & nephews with boyfriends & girlfriends; so weird to see them driving cars; so much fun to party with them now they're adults.  My children commented on my dance moves (negatively - especially my 'running man') & i realised that 36 is actually pretty old, sitting with the 'grown ups', talking about our children high school!!  My husband would have loved the party, danced with our daughters & shown them that we used to be cool!!  Everyone else in my family was there - my parents, my siblings + their husbands/ wives, our collective 14 children - spread over 2 houses for the weekend.     

I took the children to the beach on Sunday to unwind & soak up Sydney.  Love Posie  

i'm grateful for . . . 'my inner '80s release'

Well hello ladies, or should i say laydeeez??

 My eldest brother's eldest daughter is having an 80's themed 21st party.  I was born in 1975 & can safely say i was spared the worst of the 1980's.  My big sister was modelling so i got her hand-me-downs & my friends would say "those red jeans are rad".  My husband remembers grey leather shoes & a matching skinny tie, shudder.  Even more shocking, he graduated high school in 1989 & was let loose in nightclubs wearing such fashion.  When i mentioned the '80's' theme, he suggested i swing by his parent's home to borrow his totally awesome leather jacket dude!!  After 18 years with this man, i never knew said jacket existed!!  What is next??  Sweat bands, leg warmers, a WHAM album??  He was still wearing hypercolour in 1994, it mysteriously went missing when we got married!! 

 Within minutes of tearing open the invitation, i was on line ordering Tshirts & $3 sunglasses for my children, having Pretty In Pink flash backs, Footloose was in my head & bad fashion had never been so much fun.  I rang my sister & was SHOCKED that she is considering not dressing up, like what, like not at, like all.  Not even a chunky lace Madonna tie in her hair.  

I'm so very Grateful (hello hostess Lemon Rhodes) to release my inner 80's with a sense of humour. 
Now i need your help, suggestions please, what do you remember of 80's fashion??  I'm thinking . . . strategically placed hair gel, bubble skirts, thick black elastic belts & fluoro colours.  One mum at school suggested anything flammable would be perfect. 
Can you remember words or sayings??  Like the Tshirt above, "Say It, Don't Spray It".  We could dress 80's & talk 80's too!!  Love Posie
PS i'll be back tonight after the Handmade Market day 1 - wish me extra luck now, my EFTPOS machine has been corrupted (as in the date says 1975, a fine year, but not for EFTPOS) & hopefully a kind ANZ IT guy will come to the market with a new money-taking-machine, it's happened before at a market, he was easy to find, the ONLY bloke at my stall!!