Exactly a week ago, we were invited to a playdate by Za to celebrate her son's 2nd birthday. We had initally planned to go to the Mega Bugs exhibition on that day together with Sha but her son fell ill and she didn't want to take him out. So we postponed the trip to two days later and I suggested that I could bring the little girl to her place for a playdate. You know, just a simple playdate for the two of them to play together. I really wasn't expecting anything at all.
Little did I know that Za went ahead to plan a themed playdate, complete with helium balloons, play areas and a birthday cake! And she did that with very little time as she had to be at work that morning. Aren't mummies so amazing?
When we arrived, the look on the birthday boy's face was priceless. He wasn't jumping up and down or anything, but he had a huge grin on his face which said it all - he was over the moon. After all, the two BFFs had not met for three weeks and during that time, he had gone to Turkey for a holiday, fallen sick and "called" his BFFs countless times with the hotel room phone. It didn't even matter that we had brought birthday gifts for him. All he wanted to do was to play together.
Play areas for the Wild Animals themed party
The helium balloons were definitely the main attraction
A pretty set-up with animals and coloured counters on the light panel
Finger-printing and animal-stamping
Playing with coloured soapy water at the water table
Scooping water and fishing out the animals
The little girl was ecstatic that she got to play with one of her little BFFs. Not only that, she got to sing a birthday song and blow (tried to anyway) candles too! She has so many cousins and has attended so many of their birthday parties that she's just crazy over the birthday song. Some days, I have to sing the birthday song for the elephant, sea lion, otter, dog and every other animal she can think of. Sounds simple but it's definitely not easy after the tenth song.
Of course I caught the whole thing with the birthday cake in my phone and she has been watching the video again and again till she has memorised the part where I said, "Sampai besok ah!" It's hilarious when she says it because I don't think she knows what it means. Inshaa Allah when her turn comes in a month's time, I'm sure she'll be over the moon.
You can read more about the unintended birthday celebration here. If you notice that the pictures look familiar, that's because I got the pictures from Za, with her permission, of course.
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