Little Fairies Part 3

It was 9 July 2011... and amongst the room filled with flower and star cut outs... a princess was sitting prettily waiting for the guests to her 1st year birthday party. The comers were a bit late, but we couldn't really blame them as there was some crazy stuff happening. But nothing was gonna stop this long awaited celebration... :)

We had 2 dresses for Lissy... a princess gown and a fairy-ballerina outfit... complete with wings and butterfly headpiece... oh it was so cute! :) It's like she knows that the was hers because she was the perfect princess and showed no fuss even though she missed her nappy time. The menu? a simple nasi lemak fare and some mihun goreng... and sandwiches and nuggets for the young guests... Everything was simply yum yum... we also had a special surprise for the guests ... some yummy bbq lamb...  :) in conjunction with her birthday party, I had decided to do her aqiqah as a present from her mamanish...

The cake was a princess figure cake made lovingly by her mama long and it was gorgeous! The kids had fun playing about in the car pool and it was just wonderful to have all our close friends over to celebrate her birthday...

Thank you to those who tried hard and made it to make my sayang niece's birthday a special one indeed...

Little Fairies Part 2

Every fairytale has got to have it's ups and downs... Lissy's started with the 'Bersih' incident. I am not a politically loud person... is that the right term? hahahah.... what I meant is that I am not one of those strong minded people out there... but this issue that hit our country, hit Lissy's party as well... it must have been a freak of nature that the theme color for the party is pink & yellow... yessss... yellow... *sigh* The guys were supposed to wear yellow so of course as you can guess... some did not want to do that in case they get stopped by any policemen. So as a last minute change, I requested all male guests to wear white if do not want to wear yellow... basically only the kids and darling hubby wore yellow... tsk tsk tsk

Another hurdle is the decoration part... did I mention before that my mum has officially relocated to Angkasapuri? Yeah... happy news... but stressed out that a lot of baggage and boxes came with the move... our house is now filled to the brim with boxes that they all had to be moved into my pink room just for the party... Yikes! There was also a crazy traffic jam from NPE toll to the house... the night before the event, it took me almost 4 hours to get home after picking up hubby... and no rest when we got back because there were a lot more decorations to do... in the end... I was just too tired to try out some of the stuff I had in mind... luckily it didn't look too bad...

Little Fairies Part 1

To a wonderful event, there must always be a beginning... so here is a story of how the fairyland party for my sweetie Lissy came true ...   :)

The theme of the party is "Little Fairies", and though it would be nice if all the baby girls could wear tutu dresses and fluttery wings, my VVIP guest lists (the babies of course) shows a remarkable lacking number of girls and overwhelming number of boys. 4 baby girls and 7 boys to be exact! hmm... this really kind of makes it hard to even plan the theme color since my sister wanted it to be baby pink, but I don't think the guys/baby boys would show up wearing that color... so we compromised, boys wear yellow and girls wear pink :)

How do you turn a normal looking (though a bit cluttery with furniture) into a fairyland, fir for its princess? Now this is quite a problem for me since I am actually in Kajang currently and could only imagine what would be nice... but of course the magic would come from little mixture of flowers, butterflies... balloons and well... stars....  :) I have started to cut out the cardboard pieces and printed out the rest... let's just hope that the atmosphere will change to that of a fairy tale land once I'm done with the decorative pieces... Found some beautiful deco pieces at party world... but my oh my do they cost a bundle!! Which is so sad...wish that I could at least get one or two... but I have already spent more than what was initially budgeted...

I have decided to gift my beautiful niece her daging aqiqah :) ... a lot of people question me on this and to those who do I will turn my deaf ear on you... As I have so many times repeated, it is my gift and I feel it within me that it is the right thing to do.

So... deco... 70% done.... party pack... 90% done... foody.... (well... a lot will be done the day before) 5%... Hopefully everything will go smoothly as the bday bash is only 4 days away! hehehehe... super excited... and as always, worried about the attendance and if we have enough food and if the deco will look nice...

We'll see.... hehehe -nervous laugh-

Birthday Surprise - Part 2

This time the preparation team was just me and hubby... Deco started in the morning and went on till the last minute. Getting the other stuffs ready such as food and cake took quite a while as we had to drive to diff parts of the town. Thank goodness hubby was here to help me towards the end since I had to make the spaghetti sauce and mini burgers. Not to mention arrange all of the food properly. I waited till the last minute to lay out the deco outside since I was scared it'll rain.

My sis's friends arrived at 8.. And had to see me scrambling abt to get things done :p

Near 9 my sis arrived. The funny part is that she got out of the car so slow that we basically had to say 'surprise' twice! She was definitely surprised and I'm so happy that she loved the dress I bought her. Gorgeous, gorgeous. The deco was also beautiful... The balloons, deco and table tops :)

My SIL's cuppies were also so cute.. Baby pink and yummy! The main dish was steamboat with mini burgers, nasi lemak and mee goreng... All of meqy's favs...

So there is it... The final surprise for the year. Loved planning every part of it. A downside to all this is basically the attendance. It was supposed to be a baby shower party as well... But so many cancelled last minute ( more like didn't bother to show up) that there were just not enough crowd to make the games fun. So I decided to forgo the games. :( luckily the majority of the stuff was bought for lisy lis anyhow. So it could be use later.

Thank you to all the friends who came to celebrate meq's birthday...

Happy Birthday meqqy (early wish) and to lis lis... We can't wait to see u! Muah!



My Baby making a face... must be cos he's wearing a pink star pin  :P







XOXO

Birthday Surprise - Part 1

My sayang once told me that he has never had a birthday party. Well maybe not never.. Just as he hit puberty? Anyhow, that's when the first seeds were planted in my brain. Hehehe... What better way to put that handsome smile on my sayang's face than to plan a surprise party :p

The theme was hawaiian luau.. And the foody? Bbq of course! :) for weeks I slaved a way to make the deco to fit the hawaiian theme.. It didn't quite look the way I imagined it! :p

Guests started arriving at 8ish and the final touches was done my parents and siblings.. And arnd 8.45, we arrived at the front gate. It was dark, but my intentions were clear when he saw so many cars and tables.. Hahahaha... SURPRISE!! :)

He was happy, but shy with all the attention.

All the effort and aching muscles from the night before marathon of marinating and decorating was worth it when I saw how happy he was to have his close friends and fam. Yeay! Note to self, never do a party on the day of their bday. Gets too complicated! Hehehe... He was kinda peeved that I went mia on him earlier in the day..

Foody? Yummy bbq chics (hehe..self praise is a way to positive thinking ya ;) ) and delicious burgers.. Some tid bits there and here.. And of course angah's super salsa and mil's nasi ayam. Yum, yum!! Plenty of desserts to give us all a sugar rush.

So, one chapter is closed.. Thanx to all my dearest fam and friends for making it possible... Yeay! Happy birythday sayang... Lots of love from ur one and only wifey :)

XOXO