Pinatas = Anger management for babies

Pinatas. Honestly, I never paid any attention to it. I thought it to be cute and fun activity where kids get to whack an overpriced cardboard box donned in decorative fluff, and then scurry like mad rodents to collect the loot of its sweet innards. Oh was I so wrong...

The setup seemed innocent enough - fill pinata with candy, hang pinata from location at eye level, round up the kids. But here is where it starts to resemble an anger management session - supply blunt instrument, line up executioners in an orderly fashion, give the order, mayhem ensues...O...M...G!!!!! Those poor pinatas! The facial contortions and expressions of destruction were in full display with these kids. Here...see for yourself...

In the beginning: smiles and happiness

The anger begins:

So sweet, yet...so angry!

Oh hell no...he got some angry grudge look to him!

Anger baseball swing to the midsection..."Ow!", said Elmo.

And here is what's left of Elmo after the whackin! Oh the humanity...

Dismembered Elmo:

So what's the lesson here? Pinata + angry kids + whuppin stick = a headless Elmo even Quentin Tarantino would be proud to put on film!