This year is Nadine's turn to have a birthday party. But her parties are always stressful to organise because it's so early in the year, and just after school holidays, Christmas and New Year. It's always a big rush to get everything sorted.
After much consideration, she decided to have a small party at home, with a few of her closest classmates. I knew that would be somewhat challenging since we couldn't outsource any part except the food. I certainly underestimated the challenge!
"To save money" Nadine baked her own birthday cake the night before. And she decorated it with fresh cream and fondant flowers - her first time making fondant!
She put in a lot of effort and worked past her bedtime to try and make the cake look as good as possible. Was impressed by her determination!
And the end result was really not too bad for a 10-year-old decorating her cake and making fondant flowers for the 1st time!
The Day - Daddy and I went to school to pick the girls after school. Told their parents to let them bring clothes to shower and change. Since Nadine and Aaron are speedy gonzales when it comes to showering, I just assumed that all kids at that age would shower fast too. I was so wrong!
We ended up only having lunch at past 3pm. But the girls enjoyed their pizzas.
After lunch, Nadine distributed the notebooks and color pens that we bought for the girls, and they started to personalize the notebooks.
Thereafter was my grand idea of teaching them to make a bag out of a t-shirt. I think by then, the girls had exhausted their attention span for a group activity. It was chaotic and only my helper and I ended up having to finish up most of their bags!
After singing the birthday song and cutting the cake (which all the girls said were delicious), I was so done. Left the girls to play (and scream) on their own.
It was probably one of the most exhausting birthday parties we'd organise for the kids. But Nadine was so happy, it made it worth the effort.
Happy birthday, my princess!
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