...to celebrating 5 happy years later with Esther! The birthday girl on her birthday, with one of Moshi's kittens:
Esther marked her special day with 2 celebrations. First of all, she shared a joint party on Monday evening with her Swedish friend, Elisabeth, who has her 6th birthday this month. The girls opted for a "Girls Only" Pyjama Party, which was lots of fun!There was nail painting in the Nail Painting Parlour of our lounge...
...cup cake decorating...
Birthday tea...
Birthday cake x2 (one for each birthday girl):
And after changing into pyjamas, there was time for pass the parcel:
Secondly, on the actual birthday day, Esther invited her friend from school, Sam, for a special lunch- and had another birthday cake too! Sam was barred from Monday's birthday party on the grounds that he is not a girl, but instead he was the guest of honour on Thursday, joining the birthday princess for a "home-cinema" experience after lunch and the 2nd birthday cake (which we were able to decorate with strawberries when the strawberry seller from Morogoro just happened to turn up before lunch: a happy coincidence!)
Home Cinema-we hired a projector for the day- lots of fun for the little ones, who have yet to experience a real cinema (something to try out in the UK on our visit there later this year!)...
... with home-made popcorn too!
Finally: The strawberry and vegetable sellers by the MAF gates bringing a treat for Esther's birthday:
... with home-made popcorn too!Finally: The strawberry and vegetable sellers by the MAF gates bringing a treat for Esther's birthday:
What an exciting five years she's had! We look fwd to celebrating again on you return :o)
ReplyDeleteSo pleased to hear all is well on the "bump" front. I wonder where "bump" will be five years from now?! Jx
Wow ! what a great Birthay, good to see the Birthday girl full of smiles and joy. And to hear the Baby news, memories of when we were waiting for E's safe arrival, A
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky Esther having two birthday celebrations and two luscious birthday cakes.Her mummy is becoming quite a dab hand at baking and daddy seems to be enjoying the presents and celebrations as much as his daughter.Glad to see tne candle came in handy.Well done everyone for your capacity to enjoy life to the full.
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