A not so great day...

why don't people understand. when you let your kids get away with whatever they want, they will do whatever they want. and this cycle will continue for their entire life. why is that so hard to understand? i worked two parties today. the first was a complete and total disaster. it was for a boy who was turning four. i know this boy from previous experience and as soon as i saw his name on the schedule my stomach dropped. "this is going to be a long day" i muttered to myself as i began to blow up his balloons. well the party gets there. i am working with Justin today "maybe he will be able to make the kid behave. he's good with little boys" ya. that was wishful thinking. as soon as the kid came in he was running all over the gym. and his mom was not a very friendly person either. every now and then i get a not so nice mom, but this one was the worst I've ever gotten. she just stood there talking to her friends. i didn't know what to do. her son ws our running everywhere. Justin was over setting up the obstacle course for the party. what do i do?? so i got another guy, Vincent (who is the king of parties) to help me until Justin could come. he heaved a sigh but did it. he's a lifesaver. OK well meanwhile the boy is still running all over the place and no matter how many times i tell him to stop, he doesn't. ugh. parents, are you blind? they didn't even care. ughughugh, so then we finally go to tramps. that is the easiest part of the party cu normally you just stand there and watch. well the boy's friend kept on coming in...and they didn't stop coming in for a very long time. eventually there were 21 kids, none of them older than 4 years old, running around the gym. We tried to control them, but there is only so much two people can do for that many kids. the parents weren't any help at all. i swear there was something in the air today that was making all adults grumpy. at least for the parties. so we struggled through an obstacle course and miraculously, nobody was seriously injured. oh did i mention that 17 of the 3 and 4 year old kids were boys? ya. you can only imagine...so we somehow managed to get through the party. i was close to tears about 3 or 4 times. i didn't know how to handle it. nothing i said would make any impact on these kids whatsoever. they were just determined to do everything their way. no matter what. and the entire time the mom just stands there looking at what she believes to be a perfect, innocent, obedient 4 year old boy. serious? do you not have eyes? do you not have ears? don't you get it? you make hiom this way. i love those parents who just let their kids do whatever they want whenever they want and then they get furious with the kid when they don't obey them. come on guys! it's not that hard to figure out. it just makes me so frustrated. i see so many different types of parents at work. and everyday i go in, i get more and more thankful for the amazing parents that God gave me. they really are awesome!!!
the next party was for a girl turning two. we aren't even supposed to do two year old parties. those are reserved for a lady in the gym who only works with that age. but somewhere along the line they forgot to put that on the schedule and so there we were, neither of us having a clue how to do a two year old party, and yet somehow making it through. this one wasn't quite as bad cuz most of the parents just stayed with their kids so we didn't have to do much. but once again i saw so many parents just letting their kids roam around doing whatever they want, and then expecting them to obey them on the first try. yeah right.
oh and did i mention that we got no tips today. none. 21 3 and 4 ear old and not one penny. ugh. not a good day.