Happy Birthday Harith

We had been to birthday parties at Kiz Sports in Great Eastern Mall on a few occasion. Usually, the program was pretty basic. The one we had on Sunday was silly different. They had plenty of games and activities for the kids, cakes of course, then followed by the clown and more running around in the indoor playground.

Entering the eating area after the initial gamesSettling down for foodThe ID badge in placeThe theme was cars ....The birthday cake, baked by the birthday boy's MumHappy Birthday to You!Before the cake goes into the belly!The food was pretty standard, but the cake was something else. The birthday boy's Mum baked it herself, and put on the frosting and dressing. Very nice indeed it was.

And then it was time for the clown, but Irfan refused to join in..... while Idlan went clowning aroundSince Idlan had some exams the next morning, we couldn't stay for too long. The party finished in time as well and everybody went home happy. Happy Birthday Harith.

Birthday Party at Julia's

Having all three of your children celebrating their birthdays in one go was definitely a great idea. Even though, technically they were almost a couple of months apart, bundling them together saved you on the headache. But them being my nieces and nephew, created a different kind of headache for me. I had to get three birthday presents in one go.

Balloon galore as the clown was let looseNot sure what Idlan was asking for ....What? An orange sword? Lame!As this being Syawal, my sister organised an open house on the same day as well. The party was held during lunch, and Kajang, on current traffic was 45 minutes away. Managed to reach there well ahead of time, and get things organised as I was the designated cameraman.

Some of them were cooked by Mum. The rest were catered.Happy Birthday to you .... the sing song had startedYaya preferred Tom and JerryThis was one cute cake. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.This was how you make it ...If you were going to ask for some swords, ask for eight of them. The ultimate fighting machine this ....And the games went on ......The clown arrived at around 1, and after that, it was cake-cutting and general mayhem. Unfortunately, there were no party food, so, my boys were restless. We ended up leaving early, and was caught in a horrific traffic jam on the way home. We left before most of our family members and visitors arrived. My Mum cooked my favourite dish for the party, and at least I got to enjoy that before we left.

Next destination, open house at Anita's cousin.

TGV Birthday

A couple of years back, when we were planning one of Idlan's birthday, we made a few enquiries about where to celebrate. We have done the usual - house party, clowns, biggest cakes, restaurants, halls, play gym. We wanted to do something different. We settled for the Bird Park. Amongst other things we came across was to do a party at a cinema, a pool and outdoor garden theme.

The cinema one was unfortunate because there were no big releases during the boys bit days at the time. The place we discussed at was at Pavilion. The package did not come cheap, but it does come with memorabilia, all fitting the theme of the movie. It would have been great to have the Rio theme for instance. The cinema would provide a private sitting area - for those who had been to the Gold Class foyer at GSC at Pavilion, you would know what I was talking about.

Today, we had one such party at TGV Wangsa Walk Mall, to celebrate one of Idlan's classmate's party. The movie was Transformers. The party began at 11, when we picked up our tickets at the foyer, then being ushered into the theaters hall. The friend of hours actually paid for the whole theatre, all filled with friends and families, with the birthday boy and his friends sitting in the middle row. Before the movie begin, we had the usual cake-cutting, sing songs and tidbits. Not much food though, some sausages and popcorns. The movie then begin right before noon.

Speeches before the cakesIt was a great idea actually, although I would have wished for more food. I could see throngs of people buying the tickets outside while we were ushered into the hall. I would personally struggle to fit in that me people though. I would need close to 200 people to fill the hall. the other problem if found was the whole party was done inside the movie theatre. There were not much room to maneuver as we had to walk across the row to get in and out of our seats. We also had problem to stash our food as the seats were pretty cramped.

The cake-cutting was done at the front of the theater, and after that, we had to queue for food on the side. It would have been better if the food were served in a bigger area, maybe the main foyer - unfortunately the main foyer at the cinema was rather too small. There was some delay clearing the food before the movie started, making the children really restless. I would blog more about the movie later.

Movie Starting

We were bow packed into the theatre and waiting for the cake-cutting and sing songs. The boys getting grumpy understandably. Movie starting in 20 minutes. Havoc!

Getting Set

Yup! We needed to get moving. It would e an early birthday party today. The boys were looking forward for it. Daddy was looking forward to it. It was going to be at a cinema. The theme was Transformers. And the party would be topped up with a movie, Transformers, Dark Side of the Moon. Couldn't miss that!