tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438130761215715028.post3882904033630525772..comments2024-01-11T21:46:36.185+01:00Comments on Emma's Expat Adventures: The Social Minefield that is Birthday Parties.Expat Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16050289349936244751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438130761215715028.post-30873390325309558362012-05-22T17:42:12.017+02:002012-05-22T17:42:12.017+02:00My sister is an expat in Norway and tried to recre...My sister is an expat in Norway and tried to recreate buns on a string and apple bobbing at a hallowe'en party, but in her expat-fuzzled brain, got the two a bit confused and had a line of 8 year olds, with their hands behind their backs, desperately trying to bite into hard apples hanging from strings. Cue many very frustrated children chasing the apples round and round and round. Still makes me laugh thinking about it now :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438130761215715028.post-85908107672553076772012-05-03T18:41:11.713+02:002012-05-03T18:41:11.713+02:00I had one party where two of us explained the &quo...I had one party where two of us explained the "rules" for pass the parcel and then there were two (English) children who actually understood the rules sitting in the circle and still it didn't work. Jas reports some saucepan banging game from German parties...the mind boggles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609301122445168105noreply@blogger.com