Kathlynn 8th Birthday Celebration
Kathlynn celebrated her 8th Birthday with her friends from school and also two of her personal friends. It was also quite an experience for her grandparent Ah Ma and Ah Gong. Why? no adults were invited. Parents dropped off their children @11.00 a.m. and came back to pick them up @3.00 p.m. So, for some parents it is an opportunty for them to do something on their own without the children "bothering" them. For the lunch, we had sausage sizzles, "fairy bread", nuggets, jelly, juices, etc. The kids love the food. We also made a pinata for the children to hit "with lots of sweets and balloons inside it". The children loved it especially with the lollies.
As usual we also had "passing puzzles". Guess what? Kathlynn cried because she did not have a present....make it the last time before actually turns eight! The children love Kathlynn's birthday cake - lots of m&ms -Kathlynn decorated her birthday's cake by herself. When Kathlynn started to unwrap her presents infront of her friends Ah Gong and Ah Ma suggested it would be better not to do that infront of her friends. With my explanation, it is Kiwi norms to unwrap the presents infront of the person who gave you the present. On contrary, it is rude if you do not open up the present infront them.
Anyway, the outcome of Kathlynn's birthday was good. Not really messy! Ah Gong offer a helping hand with the cleaning that has made a huge different for me.
