Where does the time go?! It's been almost 3 weeks since my darling Bibou's birthday and I've not been able to post anything on the blog at all! It's been just crazy at work. I barely have time to breathe! What little 'extra' time I've had has been spent on trying to catch up on much needed sleep actually or just spending time with the girls. They've changed sooo much, but that's another post :). Yes, this post is about little Bibou's 3rd
birthday which was a couple of weeks ago. We were very very fortunate.... the weather was just gorgeous! It was clear, sunny and not too cold. We were able to hold it in the garden! Which was good as we had a number of kids, rowdy ones too, and I don't think our little home would have appreciated it (if it could have spoken of course... the little old creaky crooked house).
The day started out well. She woke up in great form (as she does most days now), singing "happy birthday to me" all day. I'd spent the whole morning baking baking baking. She even helped me a little. It was great fun. She even went down for her nap without
a problem and woke up just prior to the first guests arriving. She was a little grouchy upon waking up, but cheered up really quickly after that I brought her to the window and showed her the garden, which we'd decorated while she was napping. I'd gone out and bought loads of party stuff... all in the theme of "Winnie-the-pooh'... this was to accompany some of the many stuff that mahmah and kongkong had bought for her while they 
were here last. We had Winnie plates, cups, paper napkins and goody bags. I'd bought more, noise makers plus table clothes, banner (that said "The party is here" = and we hung it up on the front gate). We'd blown lots of balloons and hung it all over the garden. The only thing that wasn't Winnie was her birthday cake for the day! That was a Mickey Mouse, and generously done by our great friends the Molas! They 
made a great mickey mouse cake, and some cupcakes. I'd also made some brownies, little rice crispies cakes and also little honey cornflake cakes, and A. bought her famous chocolate chip cookies. talk about sugar high :). Oh but they were soooooo good.
Bibou was all excited to see her good friends, especially Emma and Kealan who arrived first with the cakes. She sat down nicely with them to have her fav cupcakes. And then everyone arrived soon after that. After the great suggestion of K., we quickly made up the 'pass the parcel' game for the kids. (It was funny, with K and K and me sitting in the dining room trying to wrap paper over and over again!). Bibou hadn't played the game before but she got the hang of it really quickly. Daddy had a hard time trying
to make sure that all the kids got a prezzie (ie that the parcel landed on each kid). We broke for the birthday cake, which I had a hard time getting the sparklers going... and when it did, it burned down very quickly! But Bibou managed to 'blow' them out, together with her Mickey Mouse candle on her cake. Everyone had a great tea. Then came the prezzies. She loved that part..... and was really good at tearing at them (and saying thank you to ev
eryone nicely). She was really sweet though, at my point, I saw her going up to Dan and giving him a present (a small one though lol) to open as he wanted one too. Everyone was very generous; she received great prezzies. The theme this year seems to be Barbies - she got a number of dolls, and some dress up fairies that she absolautely adores. A hit with all the kids was... the TMX (Tickle Me Extreme). An Elmo doll that laughs hysterically. (Mahmah and Kongkong gave that to her).
Next, we wanted to distribute the goody bag (which I'd placed a few small toys, plus the usual candy, and balloons) so we had all the kids sit in a circle and promised them a goody bag if they sang a song. Bibou wasn't the first, but she put her hand up after the first song! and sang too! We were soooo surprised... but she was in top form that day. All too soon, everyone had to leave, but we all had a great time.
The next day, Bibou brought another big cake to school, to celebrate her birthda
y with her classmates. I made that cake! Wasn't as nice as her Mickey Mouse one, but she liked it too... and so did all her classmates as there wasn't any left!
Happy birthday my precious girl. You're growing up way too fast for me.
birthday which was a couple of weeks ago. We were very very fortunate.... the weather was just gorgeous! It was clear, sunny and not too cold. We were able to hold it in the garden! Which was good as we had a number of kids, rowdy ones too, and I don't think our little home would have appreciated it (if it could have spoken of course... the little old creaky crooked house). 
The day started out well. She woke up in great form (as she does most days now), singing "happy birthday to me" all day. I'd spent the whole morning baking baking baking. She even helped me a little. It was great fun. She even went down for her nap without
a problem and woke up just prior to the first guests arriving. She was a little grouchy upon waking up, but cheered up really quickly after that I brought her to the window and showed her the garden, which we'd decorated while she was napping. I'd gone out and bought loads of party stuff... all in the theme of "Winnie-the-pooh'... this was to accompany some of the many stuff that mahmah and kongkong had bought for her while they 
were here last. We had Winnie plates, cups, paper napkins and goody bags. I'd bought more, noise makers plus table clothes, banner (that said "The party is here" = and we hung it up on the front gate). We'd blown lots of balloons and hung it all over the garden. The only thing that wasn't Winnie was her birthday cake for the day! That was a Mickey Mouse, and generously done by our great friends the Molas! They 
made a great mickey mouse cake, and some cupcakes. I'd also made some brownies, little rice crispies cakes and also little honey cornflake cakes, and A. bought her famous chocolate chip cookies. talk about sugar high :). Oh but they were soooooo good.
Bibou was all excited to see her good friends, especially Emma and Kealan who arrived first with the cakes. She sat down nicely with them to have her fav cupcakes. And then everyone arrived soon after that. After the great suggestion of K., we quickly made up the 'pass the parcel' game for the kids. (It was funny, with K and K and me sitting in the dining room trying to wrap paper over and over again!). Bibou hadn't played the game before but she got the hang of it really quickly. Daddy had a hard time trying
to make sure that all the kids got a prezzie (ie that the parcel landed on each kid). We broke for the birthday cake, which I had a hard time getting the sparklers going... and when it did, it burned down very quickly! But Bibou managed to 'blow' them out, together with her Mickey Mouse candle on her cake. Everyone had a great tea. Then came the prezzies. She loved that part..... and was really good at tearing at them (and saying thank you to ev
eryone nicely). She was really sweet though, at my point, I saw her going up to Dan and giving him a present (a small one though lol) to open as he wanted one too. Everyone was very generous; she received great prezzies. The theme this year seems to be Barbies - she got a number of dolls, and some dress up fairies that she absolautely adores. A hit with all the kids was... the TMX (Tickle Me Extreme). An Elmo doll that laughs hysterically. (Mahmah and Kongkong gave that to her).
Next, we wanted to distribute the goody bag (which I'd placed a few small toys, plus the usual candy, and balloons) so we had all the kids sit in a circle and promised them a goody bag if they sang a song. Bibou wasn't the first, but she put her hand up after the first song! and sang too! We were soooo surprised... but she was in top form that day. All too soon, everyone had to leave, but we all had a great time.
The next day, Bibou brought another big cake to school, to celebrate her birthda
y with her classmates. I made that cake! Wasn't as nice as her Mickey Mouse one, but she liked it too... and so did all her classmates as there wasn't any left! Happy birthday my precious girl. You're growing up way too fast for me.
2 comments:
Happy Birthday, Josephine!
And brava la mama for those great looking (aka I-want-some-too) cakes.
Thanks S! The big rectangle cake was very easy to do... it was the mickey mouse cake that apparently took a long time... but I didn't do it! I'll try for next year though. We saw the mold for Winnie the Pooh, but man was it expensive. Daddy said no!!
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