A Birthday Royale

Yesterday, we were invited by proud parents, Imran and Noreen to celebrate Hanna's, their princess, 3rd birthday. The party was held at the cute and homely Jika Jika Community Centre near Westgarth Station in Northcote. It was a sunny autuum, perfect for a birthday celebration :-)

Outside Jika Jika, we all menumpang on an alligator ;-)

Noreen cooked up a storm! :-D

In the middle of the party, Princess Belle (tuan puteri celup) dropped by to entertain the children. She danced, played with the children and also face painted and blew artistic baloons for the children. Aliyah enjoyed the Princess very very very much. In fact, she was one of the active participants :-D 

Entertained by Princess Belle




A Butterfly on my face ;-)

 



One last shot with Hanna, the Birthday Princess and Princess Belle



So later at home, when she said: "Mama, can I have the princess come to my birthday party?", it wasn't totally unexpected! huwaaaa....

Anyway, I told her, since she wanted to celebrate her birthday with her classmates at school, I doubt the teacher will allow the princess to do her 'entertaining' during class time. Further I said, the princess is royalty that would cost a considerable amount of money. She said she have money and bring along her (Tabung) can bank to show me all her coins collection. hu..hu..hu.. I commented: "Well, you need a whole lot more of that, maybe 5 tabung to get the princess to come". And she started sulking, of course. So I consoled her by saying, "Not to worry, when we go back to Malaysia, then mama have more money, we can get the princess to come to your birthday party" And she instantaneously said: "There is no princess in Malaysia!!" ha..ha..ha..isn't that obvious.

Then I said, "Never mind then, we'll just packed a party pack for all your classmates, ok? You decide what we should put in it..." So she seemed consoled by that idea. She said she don't want to put chocolates inside the pack, because all her friends will eat them up and they will be gone. Hmmmm...who would have thought of that?! he..he..So I suggested a few non-edible items to be included in the pack. I really hope that puts to rest the idea of a princess coming to town. But then again, her birthday is a whole month away. ;-)

Anyway, thank you to Imran and Noreen for inviting us. We, especially the kids, especially Aliyah had lots of fun! I am sure she would want to thank you guys for introducing her to the princess. Maybe, maybe, maybe, we'll have to save for that royal invitations after all ;-)