The All!Birthday
Jun. 24th, 2021 03:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flamingswordSo Saturday we decided to celebrate All The 2020 Birthdays, or the All!Birthday for short. It was a lot of fun.
Things I learned about having chocolate and a chocolate fountain - make sure the tower is perfectly level, use heat 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off to keep the chocolate from seizing, plan ahead to clean immediately after party. Don't offer more than 6 varieties of chocolate bars or people get indecision paralysis. Various other things I learned: stop trying to have broadcasts for people not present (I know I will have trouble picking out voices on phone or speaker in a noisy background); brighter lighting in food areas, ask people to not break up the week before the party. Maybe I will pair cheeses with the chocolates next time.
Ways I planned ahead: the bedroom was set aside for overstimulated folks (even though nobody needed it); the music was present but not loud; there were places for people to lay around and cuddle; there was a puzzle for people to play with if they needed time away from direct socializing; there were foods for everyone that respected people's allergies and tea and drinks for people that respected alcohol preferences, did a lot of feelings work with people to make sure people were emotionally ready to be around each other.
Things I learned about having chocolate and a chocolate fountain - make sure the tower is perfectly level, use heat 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off to keep the chocolate from seizing, plan ahead to clean immediately after party. Don't offer more than 6 varieties of chocolate bars or people get indecision paralysis. Various other things I learned: stop trying to have broadcasts for people not present (I know I will have trouble picking out voices on phone or speaker in a noisy background); brighter lighting in food areas, ask people to not break up the week before the party. Maybe I will pair cheeses with the chocolates next time.
Ways I planned ahead: the bedroom was set aside for overstimulated folks (even though nobody needed it); the music was present but not loud; there were places for people to lay around and cuddle; there was a puzzle for people to play with if they needed time away from direct socializing; there were foods for everyone that respected people's allergies and tea and drinks for people that respected alcohol preferences, did a lot of feelings work with people to make sure people were emotionally ready to be around each other.