Despite my excitement to share this post with all of you, I got caught up in a cooking frenzy lately and preferred posting pics over typing anything on my laptop. Sorry, my bad! I've been trying new recipes of Malaysian dishes on daily basis now – those who has me on FB list would notice that I had been posting some pics of my experiment results haha..so much so that I had to tell myself to pause for a while and get back to my blog…
Well, hi there..Greetings!
On October 6, we finally had Cheekface birthday party at home and everything (well, most of it!) was also homemade. In 2010, we had a big farewell and birthday bash for him..so big that I think it drove me nuts at some points haha..So for this year, we decided to keep it small but very personal.
Cheekyface requested for Star Wars theme this year..A big leap from Toy Story, last year ; ) Therefore everything for the party had the force of Star Wars. I let him picked the theme colour too and he chosed the Black, Yellow and Blue - as you can see in the balloons and overall party decorations. To decorate the walls, we used posters from Cheekyface's StarWars magazines/books collection and black garbage bags studded with glow-in-the-dark star for that starry magical effect ; )
I made the place cards, each bearing the guest's name and had them held by various StarWars figurines. Cheekyface helped to pick the colour coordinated parties supplies and set up the table for his guests too. So rajin, knowing that it was going to be his party kan? hehe
The party was restricted to only boys since we were having the sleepover party too. Out of 8 invitees, only 5 turned up but it was still a blast! When the boys arrived, each of them was given a Jedi robe (we got a part-time tailor to sew them in standard size of 2 metres brown cotton fabric which I got from the souq. I’m very bad at sewing lol!). …and that surely put everything else in the mood!
The party kicked off at 6pm.While waiting for the guests to arrive, the boys played Playstation until dinner time. The party menu was in StarWars names too ; ). I made Mac & Cheese in cups (Coruscant Cupcakes), Chicken (Blaster) Wings, Marshmallow Crispies Bars (The Ewoks’ Food), Lime Syrup Soda (Yoda Soda) and Lightsabers breadsticks (which also served as the centrepiece and taken home as party favors. We also ordered take outs for pizza and shish tawook (chicken wraps). Well, the boys certainly enjoyed the galactic pizza the most!
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| Cheekyface, enjoying the YodaSoda ; ) |
Then came the Game-Time. Honestly, my Luv and I are not StarWars fan at all. But that night we both had to be the Jedi Masters (complete with costumes too okay..;P) and thanks to the power of Googling, we managed to create our own training for the boys. We divided the boys into 2 teams - Blue & Yellow and the one that collected the highest total points from all the games, won.
Beginning with The Blind Jedi (cover the Jedi’s eyes and let him hold a picture of StarWars character. He must name the character based on the clues given by his teammates), we later had our living room ransacked by the boys during the Asteroid Rocks Search (I wrapped candies and little gifts in aluminium foil and got them hidden around the room (the boys got to take home the gifts and candies and at the same time earned points for their team). It was funny to see how such little hidden treasures got them excited and thrilled!
The ultimate test came next in the Jedi Obstacle. We turned the whole living & dining rooms into a little camp with the help of decorated boxes, chairs, floor cushions and a play tunnel! The lights were switched off too-just adding to the suspense and thrill! At the end of the obstacle, each Jedi took turns to shoot the bad guys (got them all pasted on our bedroom’s door, each marked with different points too ; ) with a Nerf gun. The boys loved the obstacle so much that 4 of them actually repeated the test so that they could keep shooting off the Darth Vader and other criminals! Hahaha kecoh!
In the end, all Jedis graduated with flying colurs and each of them received a Jedi badge (again, I googled the logo, printed and pasted it on shop-bought badges. The boys were so proud when they got it embedded onto their robe – both of which they got to take home as party favors. We also made copies of StarWars movies downloaded from the net, complete with StarWars CD cover and included it in each party bag.
The Yellow Team won the overall challenges. We had a lucky draw too which assured every Jedi felt lucky and went home happy ; ). We had special award for Best Jedi which went to the most obedient and kind hearted Jedi Syafiq, the eldest in the group.
After the game, the Jedis gathered around the table for cake cutting. I made almost 3 kg cake for the night, the 2D Captain Rex Helmet Strawberry cake, Cheekyface’s fav! I could tell that he was proud of Mommy making the cake for him…siap promote kat his friends to order cakes from me after this hahaha…so sweet!
The boys had their share of cake and then moved on to opening up the presents by the birthday boy and more and more Nikon moments of Cheekyface and his besties. Two Jedis left early and skipped the sleepover but the rest of the gang camped in Cheekyface’ room for the night. Cheekyface was the first one to dozed off, leaving his friends watching movies till midnight..Qeh! He was too tired from all the fun time - jumping and crawling!
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| One Jedi down........zzzzzzzzzzz....... |
The kids woke up early the next morning, watched more movies, had breakfast and continued playing games until their parents came to pick them up at around 10a.m. The boys truly had a blast and they kept talking about the party for weeks! As one of his friend quoted, “It was the best birthday party I had ever been to!”. I also received texts from few moms who said that their boys couldn’t stop talking about the party! hehe…That surely put a big smile on my face..after such pain in the neck and sleepless nights!
Honestly, I didn’t sleep well for 2 weeks before the event. I hope these pics are self-explanatory to my agony…haha, not really..I really love party planning and I wanted to make the best party for my darling Cheekyface. The one that he will cherish forever…I hope this one did.
My special thanks to my sweetest Yummy Mummy for being there when I needed a friend (and a helper too!) and for these awesome snaps of true blast ; )
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Here's to my Cheekyface! Happy 9th Birthday, boy! Yes, we all had a blast... May The Force be with you always. Rock on, my Aniq-in Skywalker! We love u lots xxxxx
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