Birthday Bash

Daughter turned 5 recently. Had never planned a birthday for her all by myself (since used to live with inlaws before who pretty much decided how it went). So even though I am not a party person, decided to take up the challenge. In the end, decided that there just had to be 2 events. One where Daughter would be able to have fun, and the second where we returned the dinner invitations that we had till now received. The first event would be for her school pals and the second for families we had come to know.

So the first one took the most amount of planning. Decided to have a princess tea party theme. Decorated the place with balloons and streamers which took a lot of time. Had a throne where all the kids posed (well at least the ones who made it on time). Had some games planned. Was a bit confused about how to give the gifts to the winners of the games. What if the others burst out crying, heaven forbid? Had snacks which we labelled with fun names from cartoons and fairy tale characters. At the end of the indoor party we took the kids to the huge play ground we are blessed with where they basically ran riot for a while until their parents took them home.

Above is pictured one of the tea party items. Which was super easy to put together by the way. Just mixed 1 part yoghurt with 2 parts whipped cream and icing sugar to taste. Decorated with strawberries and jelly. Make sure you have bowls to serve this in.

The second party we got catered. From a place called Raffles which I heartily recommend. Excellent food and service. I did make an egg curry with coconut milk to add to the buffet which was Indian. The gulab jamun (one of the dessert items was to die for)!