Gin to Juiceboxes

After we’d been in school for 10 days, a parent asks me an innocent question: can I bring a cake to celebrate my daughter’s birthday next week? Well, of course you can bring a cake, we would love to celebrate your daughter’s birthday during the last 30 minutes of the school day. In my head I’m thinking, “hey, how much harm can be done in just 30 minutes? They’re only 5-year-olds.” Apparantly during the 2 1/2 month summer vacation, I forgot just how much harm 27 5-year-olds can do in 30 minutes, or I should say, just how much harm 27 5-year-olds hopped up on sugar can do.