how safe is your baby egg

How does an egg carton come in handy in a baby shower? I love my sisters but throwing a baby shower is not easy. My sister is having her little girl pretty soon. You would think that food is the important part but it's not, having the guests entertained is what makes or breaks a baby shower. I always get picked to do the games. I don't mind just some pressure involved. Wanted to do some new games. So I did my research. I like for the ladies to get involved as a group. Don't want them to fall asleep on me. The traditional game is measuring the belly. I just spiced it up by tying all the long strands of paper to her body. Like a mommy walking mummified. I introduced them to the one where you make a baby over your head with your eyes closed out of play-doh. the mommy to be picks out the best looking baby. One of my favorites that I had them do is pass a carton of eggs around the room and have them pick one then pass the markers around and have them draw on the egg. The point is to make them individually their babies. They were to keep their babies with them at all times, care for it. At the end who ever still had their babies without a crack, won a prize. They got smart on me by putting them in their cleavage. The trick was whether they were boiled or not.

It was a bring your boyfriend, husband, and partner to the shower kind of shin ding. The women inside while the men played outside. That way the ladies enjoyed their margaritas and the men their beer. Did I mention that it was a Spanish baby shower. I for a second thought it wasn't going to work but it actually did.  Yes there was a mechanical bull. I ended leaving early so I never found out if they had the curiosity to wonder if the egg was breakable or if they won. I think this was intentional by me. It was a two to eleven pm baby shower. 

If you ever throw a baby shower try to involve all the ladies at the same time. I've been on the other end and well there is a difference. I know you've heard of musical chairs, but how about passing the dirty diaper. The competition was tough and the ladies really played rough for their prizes. They all wanted to be winners. It brings out their inner child. In the end it was actually a fun night.

matrix-y

Earlier last month at S4 (it's a dance club in Dallas on Cedar Springs Rd) there was a competition that I wanted to attend. The competition was to get participants to dress up as Lady Gaga for a chance to win a pair of tickets to her concert here in Dallas. It was quite interesting to see the outfits that the participants were to create. My goal was to attend and decide for myself the winner. Not enough people participated so two guys from the audience got asked to join. No, their outfits didn't qualify and I thought that they shouldn't win but it was okay to participate. As the hour neared to the end the stage grew with less Gaga's. The best winner did indeed win. Happy for him. I feel like the best Gaga's will be a guy, maybe because they really go (all out) to make their costumes.

the participants

But it all really boils down to this.......I took my camera. Who takes their camera to the dance club? This girl right here.  I didn't want to go with my big camera bag or a purse. It's not ordinary to go dancing while having a purse. So I tucked it under my pull over shirt but over my tank top. When it was time to snap the photos I took it out but when it was time to leave I hid it again. They allow camera's but I didn't want anyone to bump into it so I wanted to keep it close to me. On the way out I spotted someone very characteristic and wanted to snap a photo. It was going to be a quick one so I kept it hidden. My Heather opened the door and within seconds I moved aside my pull over and reached across my body to grab my camera. The movement I had done was like a person reaching out for their gun. This is when I realized what I had done. Outside the doors there stood two police officers that had seen what they thought was a black object to be reached like a gun. They looked at each other with huge eyes. The look on their faces was priceless. Well it seemed at the moment that it was. There, o crap stuff is fixing to go down, face finally changed to a sigh of relief and laughed while they looked at each other.

the person in white was the winner

the photo that I just had to take

I still took my photo and began to realize that if the police officers weren't as smart safe as they were I could have had a gun drawn on me and well I would have been highly upset. My life has it's moments but my photography life has its risks.

not a clear cellphone pic but maybe you can see where my camera is

I'll be more aware and less matrix-y.