Oh well, I'm a woman, so I am excused to change my mind ;P
The date that we initially wanted has been booked already. The date right after her birthday was non-negotiable for hubby, since it coincided with service (and most of our guests will be coming from the CFC community). End result? We are celebrating Sam's birthday, 3 weeks early of her real birthday hehehe
Of course I panicked! I was taking my sweet time and then suddenly I was only left with 4 weeks to prepare! (Not to mention that I have been bombarded with work the past few weeks).
Not wasting any time, I started to attend to the things needed for the party :)
Venue: Check!
We will be having it at:
Kids Play Land at Castle Hill
The play land will be for our baby/toddler guests (0-5 years old).
What to do with the older ones?
We will be hiring a separate court for them to play different kinds of sports (soccer, cricket, bastketball). Hubby was okay with this (extra payment of course! to my surprise he said okay!)
Aside form the huge play area, the adults entrance being free, the thing that convinced me and hubby to choose this as our venue: we can bring our own food, no corkage! wee!
Theme: Sports
I do not believe that Sports can only be used by boys as theme for their parties :)
Invites: Do - It - Yourself
The venue offers free invites upon booking, but I wanted to make my own :)
(Sorry, can't put it here as some private info are on the invites ;))
I'm done doing the FB event page and I'm done sending out the invites, which means guest list has been already finalized.
Food:
I already have the menu and where to order them. I just need to confirm number of guests before I place the order four days before the party.
We will just be serving light snacks. No mess, no fuss, no dramas. Easy to eat, easy to clean :)
Tokens:
I just bought huge bubble sticks for the girls and rescue pack for the boys.
Not thinking of giving them lollies this time :)
And this time, only the kids get a token after the party ;)
Decors:
The venue will have their own but I plan to just add one big balloon for the birthday girl :)
Program/Extras:
The venue in itself can already entertain our little guests, but since we have one whole court all to ourselves, and to put a bit of structure to the party, I plan to put sticker tattoos for the kids, prepare 3-4 parlor games for the biggies and the little ones (I bought medals for the winners of each game, to follow our sports theme..of course this is aside from the prizes), pinata, and of course the candle-blowing...just before everyone eats :)
Thankful that I can squeeze in the party preps :)
Hopefully, all will be well :)
Here are some photos of the stuff I have been slowly buying for Sam's 2nd birthday party :)
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| pin the tail of the donkey...one of the games fot the little ones |
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| sorry it's upside down! when I saw these badges, I thought, no need to buy a statement shirt for Sam, she can just wear the badges ;) |
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| the medals I will be giving for the winners of the games |
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| the tattoos which the kids can choose from :) |
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| thejumbo bubble stick and rescue car sets for tokens |
Will update you again soon :)
