5 years old

In Mama's typical fashion, we have another belated birthday wish.
Sometime before her birthday, Kecil expressed her wish for MANY presents from her friends this year. Well... that, combined with the fact that the kids in the neighbourhood seem to enjoy each other's company so much, made Mama's mind to have a party of some sort this year, at home.

So... for starter, Mama tried her hand at designing a birthday invitation for Kecil. You might note that the celebration was not on her birthday itself, but on the following day, simply because Saturday means it would be easier for the kids to gather. We also changed the timing to morning 10 am, which was not reflected since the invite was printed pretty early.

Cupcakes by Redpinkheart Sweets

Given the plan for 'celebration' on Sat, Mama decided to order cupcakes this year (with pink frosting and Barbie topping as per Kecil's own instruction), which we then distributed to her classmates in school.

Ooo... these boys and girls were so eager to have some cupcake, I'd say.
Anyway... that was all we did in Skool (together with a birthday song), the following day, however, was time for some.... action.

Lately, Mama had been obsessed with the idea of a pinata, but I couldn't seem to find one in the shops around here. Well... there was one, but it was pretty generic, colorful, starshaped one. Whereas knowing Kecil... you know her taste runs for all kind of girly, pink stuff, right? So we decided to make one, or two or something for her birthday. And a better idea, why not make the whole party dedicated to the pinata? Starting from making, decorating, and finally hitting it? After all, she's turning 5 and her friends are even older than her, so they should be fine, right?

So we did. And we were fine, indeed.

Here were the kids, making their own pinatas. The idea of papier mache is not something that they are familiar with, so it was something novel, which is good. Then, although the kids did make pinatas, I knew they wouldn't be able to stand the waiting time required for the stuff to dry. Hence, the extra pinatas for them to decorate and hit.

We had 3 girly girls and 1 boy for the 'party' and they had a capital time hitting the pinatas, taking turn controlling the pinata and hitting them. Despite their apparent strength, the girls were not able to whack the pinata, though. Only the boy did, 'destroying' the pinata at first contact. Haha....

Later on, we had some pizza and the kids played around the house some more. All and all, I think we did good for Kecil's birthday this year. Perhaps it's time for Mama to start thinking of some other craft for next year. Haha....

Happy 5th Birthday, Kiddo!
May you continue to be blessed with great friends with whom you'll have lots of beautiful memories.

I have to apologize for the dearth of picture, but I was not quite able to keep my hand (and mind) on a camera while at the same time handling the kids and the craft-making.