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.