Magical Birthday

Our firstborn celebrated her 8th birthday last weekend with a small group of school friends.  Being the lazy and un-creative parents we are, we were quite happy to let the occasion pass without any fanfare.  Alas, she requested for a party two months in advance and made sure we did not forget by reminding us every week.  And just to be water-tight sure, she planned the agenda of the day, wrote it down and bound it into a little booklet for us.  

Two weeks before the day, when she showed no signs of backing out, I reluctantly moved away from the denial stage, and quickly whipped up something worthy.  First, we made sure she does her bit for her own party.  So she designed her birthday card, then she helped me make 4 copies of it using bits and bobs.  
  

She also provided her own entertainment - a few magic tricks.

We enlisted a professional to up the ante and perform a few more advanced tricks.  But children these days are too smart - they saw through out one of them.  Either that, or the assistant employed by this professional magician was not too good.

She also performed her own tune for the Happy Birthday song.  Yeah, yeah, we're cheap.  But we're teaching her responsibility, and TEAMwork... She also helped cut out the shapes for the playing cards banner in the background.

What else did we do?

The girls made their own top hats, in keeping with the magic theme.

Again, we had a professional who made sure things were moving along nicely, and the hats actually fit.

Here Ju is modeling the final look, complete with tattoos

The cupcakes kept up with the magic theme

Close up

And finally, we rounded up the day with a few rowdy games of musical chairs, charades and the like

Happy Birthday, Sophie!  Hope you had fun organising your own party... :)