Wednesday night still recovering from whatever that was. Sixty-seven kids. Thought I could handle it. Wrong.

Sardines worked last month with smaller group so figured why not try with everyone. Kids disappeared into building. Found three hiding in supply closet twenty minutes later. Two forgot we were playing game. One was crying.

Human bingo became screaming match. Everyone yelling about pets and birthdays at same time. My ears are still ringing. Had to give up cause couldn't think straight.

Tried freeze dance figured that's foolproof. Until kids started arguing about who froze first. Parents getting involved. Eliminated half the room in two minutes. Rest standing around bored.

Parachute thing complete joke. Our parachute fits maybe thirty kids max. Had kids three deep trying grab edges. Most couldn't even participate.

Four corners turned into demolition derby. Kids crashing into each other. Someone's gonna get hurt next time.

Nothing I planned worked. Everything too loud too crowded too complicated. Felt like complete failure standing there with microphone nobody could hear anyway.

Large groups are different beast entirely. Equipment that works fine breaks under pressure. Games that make sense become disasters. Kids act different when there's crowd.

Maybe I'm just not cut out for big events. Small groups I can handle. This was chaos I had no control over.

Still figuring out what actually works when you got more kids than space and more energy than sense.

*For anyone who's discovered small group skills don't translate to crowd control, leaders still figuring out how to manage chaos they didn't create, people learning that some failures teach you more than successes.
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