Finally, we had Mae's birthday party and it was a great success! 
Last year was wonderful as well, but very different as we had just moved here and Lauren was the only other child here(although Lauren slept over and maybe that will be a nice tradition? Next year she and Mae will have a tent outside, however, as it was a late late late night!!!)- this year there was 11 kids and about 17 adults. A bit of a squeeze but Mae's childminder leant us this huge ariflow tunnel thingy- thank god it didn't rain!!
Pass the parcel appeared slightly painful, however they did have fun, and Sharon then got the kids to decorate party boxes that I made- the oldest boy, Sonny, helped a few of the younger ones, which was good as I was worried he would be bored!
No major incidents, except Findlay ripping the icing Spiderman off the cake and wanting to eat it all (I promised Mae she could eat the head)- my friend Sharon, his mum, was mortified! Hee hee! It actually passed without many people noticing, I just wanted to put that bit in the blog in case she reads it!
There was one real down point (for me and Geoff, not Mae)- her childminder gave her a Bratz doll!!! OOOH they are horrible, and Liza is really in for it now, with the childminding inspection due (we get to fill out a questionnaire about her) and her son Beck's birthday- the war is on!!!!
So all in all, a great day. We continue to recover. Mae just slept in until 8 am. I still think, though, that the week before with one on one with Abbey Carew will be a week we remember for a long time. Hope you are well, Abbey, and that you get to see all your cousins soon!
7 comments:
ohmigod, like i so don't care about all your cutesy pictures and birthday details, gross me out.
Shazbratz
I don't get those Bratz dolls...why are their heads so big?! We have (so far) avoided having any in our home. Don't let Mae tell Hannah how great it is!
Dana
I like to think of them as Barbies younger, sluttier cousin!
I really like these pictures, Soundslike the party was wonderful. Bratz Statz Schmatz, this too shall pass - not worth a war, although ----- should they be designated for mass destruction?
Sing it, Mom. My mormon friends won't let their 4 year old have one (and make sure all their friends know), and when they tell her why, it just brings to the girl's attention what body image is, wheras before the discussion, she just liked the wacky heads, or that everyone else was playing it, or something else 4year oldish. In denying the doll, they've made her think about things they didn't want her thinking about. How ironic. So yeah, Jen, I like turning it into Barbie's cousin. Mae will be wonderful no matter what she plays with.
hmmm...interesting point BA. Well, I've heard the man in charge of the company on the radio defending them and he was a nasty rude man. So, when my girls want one, maybe that'll be my excuse. A big nasty man makes them.
We've been looking at week one for almost two weeks. Are there more than one? Suspect that you are have so much fun with your mom there that the time flies without your knowing it playing wit all the Bratz. Anxious to see the greater past 2 weeks.
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