Showing posts with label excited. Show all posts
Showing posts with label excited. Show all posts
Friday, October 30, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Nui Nui's First Official Birthday Party! - 4yo [VIDEO+]
Party, playdate, you know what I mean :>
Honestly, now that the birthday celebration with her friends has happened, I think I'm a little more confident with calling this gathering a 'party', namely because of the unexpected number of people that showed up. It was a great turnout. Originally, I was expecting 6 kids but 11 actually came— iffy RSVPs. Plus, many of the kids came with both parents. Our place was packed during cake time! It was so great :>
After I ordered the cake, I was worried I had ordered one that was too big. Nui Nui and I wanted a round cake vs. a rectangular one. So, for $5 more, I went with the bigger one and the shape we wanted. I went all out :> And glad I did. The size was perfect. We have just a little bit of leftover and who doesn't like a little bit of leftover cake? :>
The weather ended up being perfect. The heat finally broke and it was actually pretty cool. Moreover, it was cloudy, so we didn't have to worry about baking in the sun.
The one regret I have is the amount of footage and pictures I ended up with. I always get distracted playing host and my role as photographer automatically plummets. Nonetheless, it was a really (really) good time and one for memory lane :> xo
Honestly, now that the birthday celebration with her friends has happened, I think I'm a little more confident with calling this gathering a 'party', namely because of the unexpected number of people that showed up. It was a great turnout. Originally, I was expecting 6 kids but 11 actually came— iffy RSVPs. Plus, many of the kids came with both parents. Our place was packed during cake time! It was so great :>
After I ordered the cake, I was worried I had ordered one that was too big. Nui Nui and I wanted a round cake vs. a rectangular one. So, for $5 more, I went with the bigger one and the shape we wanted. I went all out :> And glad I did. The size was perfect. We have just a little bit of leftover and who doesn't like a little bit of leftover cake? :>
The weather ended up being perfect. The heat finally broke and it was actually pretty cool. Moreover, it was cloudy, so we didn't have to worry about baking in the sun.
The one regret I have is the amount of footage and pictures I ended up with. I always get distracted playing host and my role as photographer automatically plummets. Nonetheless, it was a really (really) good time and one for memory lane :> xo
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Birthday Party Morning! - 4yo [MOMLIFE]
She came in this morning as I was still sleeping. 'Mama!', she exclaimed, 'today is my birthday!'
I rolled over and looked at the clock. The time was exactly her birth date (month and day) by hour and minute. Girl's got impeccable timing, I must say.
It's not her actual birthday today but we're celebrating it anyway (early because I don't know when her sibling will arrive) with some friends from her new school and some from the neighborhood.
This will be the first time we celebrate her birthday as an actual 'party' with her friends. I didn't actually call it a 'party', though, because the word is too heavy for my comfort. Instead, I called it a 'playdate with celebratory cake'.
It's probably because I'm not hosting this get-together at a real venue like a kids' gym or indoor structured play place. As a single mom on a budget, I wonder what happened to those simple type of parties.
Personally, I actually think those super-organized, formal parties are kind of impersonal than the informal ones I grew up going to (not that I'm complaining or refuse to go to them, maybe I'm just trying to console myself :>).
But our party was going to be old school and at our home. There's something special, imho, when you invite someone into your home and share with them your personal space. It's intimidating, no doubt, perhaps making you more vulnerable, and it's probably more work, but there's something about it. It's inviting.
Last night we picked up her cake and started working on her pinata. I was originally going to make her a cake but without air conditioning in this heatwave, the oven heat probably would have killed my feet :> Good thing, too, because yesterday I unexpectedly had to go to the hospital, which ate a chunk of my day (more on that in another post).
I started writing this post this morning and have since had the party. The turnout was unexpected. More about it in another post!
For now, here are some pics from the other night— the night before we celebrated her birthday at school— another exciting momemt. It's good to be a kid, no? So many celebrations and good times :>
BTW, the hands on the hips thing? Totally her, not me. Not sure where she gets it but I'll take the confidence :> xo
I rolled over and looked at the clock. The time was exactly her birth date (month and day) by hour and minute. Girl's got impeccable timing, I must say.
It's not her actual birthday today but we're celebrating it anyway (early because I don't know when her sibling will arrive) with some friends from her new school and some from the neighborhood.
This will be the first time we celebrate her birthday as an actual 'party' with her friends. I didn't actually call it a 'party', though, because the word is too heavy for my comfort. Instead, I called it a 'playdate with celebratory cake'.
It's probably because I'm not hosting this get-together at a real venue like a kids' gym or indoor structured play place. As a single mom on a budget, I wonder what happened to those simple type of parties.
Personally, I actually think those super-organized, formal parties are kind of impersonal than the informal ones I grew up going to (not that I'm complaining or refuse to go to them, maybe I'm just trying to console myself :>).
But our party was going to be old school and at our home. There's something special, imho, when you invite someone into your home and share with them your personal space. It's intimidating, no doubt, perhaps making you more vulnerable, and it's probably more work, but there's something about it. It's inviting.
Last night we picked up her cake and started working on her pinata. I was originally going to make her a cake but without air conditioning in this heatwave, the oven heat probably would have killed my feet :> Good thing, too, because yesterday I unexpectedly had to go to the hospital, which ate a chunk of my day (more on that in another post).
I started writing this post this morning and have since had the party. The turnout was unexpected. More about it in another post!
For now, here are some pics from the other night— the night before we celebrated her birthday at school— another exciting momemt. It's good to be a kid, no? So many celebrations and good times :>
BTW, the hands on the hips thing? Totally her, not me. Not sure where she gets it but I'll take the confidence :> xo
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