Maia is loving the fact that, due to her many international family members and guardians, her second birthday bonanza is stretching far beyond the more traditional one-day celebration.
She comes home from the Funny Farm singing 'Happy Birthday' and says 'Time for presents!' quite alot...
She even managed to bring some birthday cheer to our trip to the park this weekend. We were happily pottering about under the trees in St Albans park when it started to look like rain. We hightailed it into the cathedral, where Maia happened upon the votive candles, sending the faithful's prayers up to the heavens.
In a loud and clear voice, which fully took advantage of the amazing acoustics in the building, she started to belt out 'Happy Birthday to you....' and then wanted to blow them all out. I had to explain that this wasn't really done. There was a gaggle of old ladies sat in front of the candles who thought that this was seriously sweet, and they laughed and fawned over her, so she wasn't too disappointed.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Monday, August 16, 2004
Now We Are Two...
Saturday 14th August
Wow. Two!!
In preparation for the big day, Maia had spent most of last week serenading all and sundry with slighty less than tuneful renditions of 'Happy Birthday' (dear MAAAAA-YAAAAHHHH! Happy birthday to YOOOOUUUUU). Hmmm.
At just before 2pm, Lisa, Austin and Charlie (2) appeared bearing gifts. Maia was pretending to be shy, but, I fear, only to lull Charlie into a false sense of security before she pounced and expertly relieved him of the gift he was carrying. She did give him a kiss to say thank you.
Her own-age party guests were Charlie, Lewis and Jennifer. Also in attendance was Millie (aged 7 months), who showed she had the skills to hang with the older crowd by holding her own against the tumbling older kids in the ball pool.
The kids ran about, playing in the Wendy House, ball pool and the not-so-fun Summer 2004 game du jour of 'Avoid the Wasp'.
A game of Pass the Parcel gave everyone a kazoo, and Lewis was especially good at getting a REALLY loud noise from his. The cacophany of the kazoos neatly led into a music session, with Maia's guitar toting dad, Pat. This went down fabulously with mothers and babies enthusiatically belting out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Wheels on the Bus and Row Row Row Your Boat. Everyone added to the noise with kazoos, maracas and jingle bells.
Present opening was highly successful, until the bright pink and silver teaset was opened and the proceedings were focussed much more on who would like milk and sugar than on opening any more presents. So we left the rest for later - and what a lot of presents she had! Huge thanks to everyone who came.
After food and drink and cakes and Happy Birthday (which Maia led us in) everyone took their leave, leaving a very happy, tired, slightly sugar delirious two-year-old Maia.
A good day all round - check www.patrickcull.co.uk for more pics.
Wow. Two!!
In preparation for the big day, Maia had spent most of last week serenading all and sundry with slighty less than tuneful renditions of 'Happy Birthday' (dear MAAAAA-YAAAAHHHH! Happy birthday to YOOOOUUUUU). Hmmm.
At just before 2pm, Lisa, Austin and Charlie (2) appeared bearing gifts. Maia was pretending to be shy, but, I fear, only to lull Charlie into a false sense of security before she pounced and expertly relieved him of the gift he was carrying. She did give him a kiss to say thank you.
Her own-age party guests were Charlie, Lewis and Jennifer. Also in attendance was Millie (aged 7 months), who showed she had the skills to hang with the older crowd by holding her own against the tumbling older kids in the ball pool.
The kids ran about, playing in the Wendy House, ball pool and the not-so-fun Summer 2004 game du jour of 'Avoid the Wasp'.
A game of Pass the Parcel gave everyone a kazoo, and Lewis was especially good at getting a REALLY loud noise from his. The cacophany of the kazoos neatly led into a music session, with Maia's guitar toting dad, Pat. This went down fabulously with mothers and babies enthusiatically belting out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Wheels on the Bus and Row Row Row Your Boat. Everyone added to the noise with kazoos, maracas and jingle bells.
Present opening was highly successful, until the bright pink and silver teaset was opened and the proceedings were focussed much more on who would like milk and sugar than on opening any more presents. So we left the rest for later - and what a lot of presents she had! Huge thanks to everyone who came.
After food and drink and cakes and Happy Birthday (which Maia led us in) everyone took their leave, leaving a very happy, tired, slightly sugar delirious two-year-old Maia.
A good day all round - check www.patrickcull.co.uk for more pics.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Welcome!
Welcome to the inaugural post of our new blog 'Maia Maia Jumbalaya' - your window on the world of Miss Maia Ani-Jo Sunshine Packington-Cull.
We have a website (http://www.patrickcull.co.uk/) in progress that will provide a much more comprehensive picture library of her exploits, but the purpose of this blog is to let you know about the day-to-day stuff that makes her just magic. Enjoy!
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