It is April 1st but Mother Nature sure wasn't playing a trick on us. We had a wonderful gorgoeous spring day yesterday. The sun was shining brightly and not a cloud in the sky. It warmed up really nicely too and the tulip
s even starting blooming. What a perfect day... to host a MESSAGE BBQ. We were really lucky as Daddy had invited his team members of the MESSAGE magazine over as a thank you for all their great work they do to 
help him on the MESSAGE magazine. All in all, we had about 15 adults and 8 kids.
Guests started arriving at around 11.00 am. We had the back garden all set up already (well, Daddy did as I was in the kitchen getting the food ready!). We managed to borrow another BBQ grill. The tables were ladden with all kinds of wonderful food. I had homemade burger patties and we had all kinds of fixings like lettuce
, tomatoes, onions. All kinds of sauces, from mustard, ketchup, chilli sauce (but of course!) and I even made a special sauce from mayo, mustard, ketchup and chilli sauce. It was delicious!. We had lots of different kinds of salads (coleslaw, pasta, green). 
Surprisingly, the thing that went really fast were the hotdogs! We had gotten them for the kiddies but the adults liked them too! oh and the desserts! I had made my banana bread (at Daddy's request of course :)), but we also had a pound cake, a plum tart and a gorgeous strawberry tart. Lots of other goodies too like my chip and dip and drinks galore.
The kids had the greatest fun we think. Bibou's outdoor toys were a great hit. The sand pit was always occupied though I think we will have to replenish the sand this year. If only we had a nickel for the number of times we and the other parents said 'Sand stays in t
he sand pit please!!" There isn't much sand left for this summer. The other very popular item was Bibou's trampoline. The kids all wanted to jump on it. Fortunately, it was big enough for at le
ast 2 kids to jump on. Jumpy jump jump jump! There were times when 3 kids managed to squeeze on it too, but not for long as someone was bound to be shoved off!! Daddy also took out Bibou's painting easel, and we had to scramble to find old T-shirts for the kids so that they didn't get too messy :). Fortunately, Bibou had her smock on.
Another big hit (though we'd forgotten to take it out until the end) was a 'tunnel' that we'd bought at Ikea. Bibou and Ella had so
much fun with it. They were squealing with laughter as they chased each other up and down the tunnel. They managed to bond (after fighting in the begining of course) later in the afternoon (especially when the other kids had left). They did everything together and were giggling through out. Though Bibou didn't have her nap that afternoon, she was in tip top form!
Well, after our last guests had left (Ella and her parents), the neighbors' kids came ove
r! They were already eyeing the party as it went on actually! lol. No they were having so much fun, and we had a bit of left over food and all those wonderful toys available so they came over. One of them recently purchased a n
ew puppy, and Bibou was all excited. She wanted to hold the little puppy (name "Citron" or lemon) and play with her. She and Daddy were rolling in the grass with Citron and having lots of fun! Oh and more thing she learnt - after just watching Ella doing it 1 time! She can do somersaults. She saw Ella doing them, and she put her bum in t
he air and just did it! Unfortunately, I was so excited that I totally forgotten about snapping a pix of her doing the sumersaults. But I did managed to get a picture of her putting her shoes on by herself.
And then, the neighbors invited us over for a late gouter...and MORE cakes. (I couldn't have any, but Daddy sure had my share). What a wonderful wonderful day. Oh and a big thank you to Mamita and Grumps for the lovely dress that Bibou was wearing.
s even starting blooming. What a perfect day... to host a MESSAGE BBQ. We were really lucky as Daddy had invited his team members of the MESSAGE magazine over as a thank you for all their great work they do to 
help him on the MESSAGE magazine. All in all, we had about 15 adults and 8 kids.Guests started arriving at around 11.00 am. We had the back garden all set up already (well, Daddy did as I was in the kitchen getting the food ready!). We managed to borrow another BBQ grill. The tables were ladden with all kinds of wonderful food. I had homemade burger patties and we had all kinds of fixings like lettuce
, tomatoes, onions. All kinds of sauces, from mustard, ketchup, chilli sauce (but of course!) and I even made a special sauce from mayo, mustard, ketchup and chilli sauce. It was delicious!. We had lots of different kinds of salads (coleslaw, pasta, green). 
Surprisingly, the thing that went really fast were the hotdogs! We had gotten them for the kiddies but the adults liked them too! oh and the desserts! I had made my banana bread (at Daddy's request of course :)), but we also had a pound cake, a plum tart and a gorgeous strawberry tart. Lots of other goodies too like my chip and dip and drinks galore.
The kids had the greatest fun we think. Bibou's outdoor toys were a great hit. The sand pit was always occupied though I think we will have to replenish the sand this year. If only we had a nickel for the number of times we and the other parents said 'Sand stays in t
he sand pit please!!" There isn't much sand left for this summer. The other very popular item was Bibou's trampoline. The kids all wanted to jump on it. Fortunately, it was big enough for at le
ast 2 kids to jump on. Jumpy jump jump jump! There were times when 3 kids managed to squeeze on it too, but not for long as someone was bound to be shoved off!! Daddy also took out Bibou's painting easel, and we had to scramble to find old T-shirts for the kids so that they didn't get too messy :). Fortunately, Bibou had her smock on.Another big hit (though we'd forgotten to take it out until the end) was a 'tunnel' that we'd bought at Ikea. Bibou and Ella had so
much fun with it. They were squealing with laughter as they chased each other up and down the tunnel. They managed to bond (after fighting in the begining of course) later in the afternoon (especially when the other kids had left). They did everything together and were giggling through out. Though Bibou didn't have her nap that afternoon, she was in tip top form! Well, after our last guests had left (Ella and her parents), the neighbors' kids came ove
r! They were already eyeing the party as it went on actually! lol. No they were having so much fun, and we had a bit of left over food and all those wonderful toys available so they came over. One of them recently purchased a n
ew puppy, and Bibou was all excited. She wanted to hold the little puppy (name "Citron" or lemon) and play with her. She and Daddy were rolling in the grass with Citron and having lots of fun! Oh and more thing she learnt - after just watching Ella doing it 1 time! She can do somersaults. She saw Ella doing them, and she put her bum in t
he air and just did it! Unfortunately, I was so excited that I totally forgotten about snapping a pix of her doing the sumersaults. But I did managed to get a picture of her putting her shoes on by herself.And then, the neighbors invited us over for a late gouter...and MORE cakes. (I couldn't have any, but Daddy sure had my share). What a wonderful wonderful day. Oh and a big thank you to Mamita and Grumps for the lovely dress that Bibou was wearing.
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