I'm a Real PEEP-le Person
FINALLY - A post without a bun in the oven shoutout! (There are so many pregnant ladies in St. Charles at the moment that I'm afraid to drink the water.)
While I love living away in a different city, I do miss being around my family for holiday and birthday celebrations. Since everyone in my family works in the airline industry (except my black sheep self), The Webb clan has rarely celebrated a holiday (or birthday) on the actual date it falls. Santa has been known to show up on the 23rd..birthdays have been celebrated a month late..and Halloween parties have been thrown in January (that one is for my Wartburg Soccer family.) Now we are just a bunch of holiday party crashers, as we tend to celebrate them in different cities or with other families.
This Easter was no different...and in New York, us holiday orphans tend to stick together. My friend invited me to tag along to an annual Peeps Olympics, (yes..the the marshmallow candy...and yes..alcohol was involved.) I was really excited to meet new people (in my opinion, you can never have too many friends) and fill the void of my family by hitting the crap out of a piñata and launching candy off a balcony. I did have one major concern - I'm probably one of the most competitive people you will meet. (I'm a Webb...EVERYTHING is a competition.)
I tried really hard not to scare away my potential new friends, so I kept my aggression at bay for most of the games. No elbows were thrown during "how many peeps in the jar," the target drop, nor during the peep-run derby. I saved it all for the peep shaped piñata..(I had one at every birthday party from the age of 4, so I'm basically a professional.)
The most entertaining events of the evening were the no-handed peep pick up and chubby bunny. No hand pick up involves a cup, a peep, and flexibility, with the goal of picking up the peep without using your hands or letting any body part touch the ground..(this game is great if you're 5'2" and do yoga.) To say the men struggled would be an understatement. The average heat time for the ladies was about 20 seconds..and the men, well they are still at the park as we speak.
It's safe to say that I epically failed at chubby bunny. For those of you who aren't familiar with this game..the purpose is to fit (shove) as many peeps in your mouth as possible. The winner got to 14...I started drooling uncontrollably at 3.
I am keeping this bad boy short and sweet. More to come later this month!
Love you my peeps :)
A Lo Xx