Princess Party

My eldest baby turned 4!  I don’t know where the time has gone.  One minute she was a super-cute dark haired squishy baby and now she is a beautiful, very blond, intelligent, funny, cuddly, cheeky princess.

 

Last year we had a Toy Story Party but this year she is far more grown up, girly and all about fairies and princesses.  I thought I would blog about the food, entertainment, party bags, etc. because when I was looking for ideas I really appreciated other peoples party idea blogs.

Luckily for us Fairy Princess Daddy is a bit of a computer wiz and whipped up this invitation.

The party bags included:

-          A pen/pencil/rubber/or similar

-          Packet of sweeties

-          Star or heart shaped crayons (we made these with old crayons – lots of great recipes on the website but I can't find the ones I used - will post when I find them.  Beware though – I still haven’t worked out how to get the ice cube moulds clean yet!)

-          The girls got tutus and the boys got superhero capes (the tutus I found in Poundland -guess how much?  And Ellie loved the one I bought her so much that I thought they were a good idea for party bags.  The boys got a bit of a raw deal as I couldn’t find what I wanted for them so ended up making them.)

As the tutus and capes wouldn’t fit in to ordinary party bags I knew I wanted brown paper bags similar to Primark’s little bags.  It was difficult to find these but eventually we found them in Wing Yip (Croydon) for £3 or 4 For about 300 (at least we will never be short of paper bags).  Then I got the Birthday Princess to decorate them.  We decided on Butterflies and Crowns so I drew a faint outline in pencil and she painted them.

Entertainment:

We had a bouncy castle (ABC Castle Hire) – A princess castle of course.

I put my sister in charge of glitter tattoos (surprisingly popular among the adults too!).

And I also bought some elastic which I cut in to shorter lengths and some cheap beads and my lovely friend S helped the kids make beaded bracelets.

Food - We went a bit healthy this year and had

-          Salmon

-          Rice and peas

-          Couscous with roasted vegetables

-          Sticks of vegetables with dips

-          Bowls of cherry tomatoes

-          The fruit bowl was out filled with tangerines, bananas and packets of raisins

-          I got the mini Muller corners for pudding

-          And of course a big bowl of sweets

-          To drink we asked parents to help themselves to tea, coffee, etc and made up jugs of apple juice or blueberry juice mixed with fizzy water

Surprisingly the food went down really well and most parents seemed to appreciate the lack of junk food (I hope – maybe they were just being nice).

My sister made a beautiful fairy garden cake and flower cupcakes but we only have one photo of that which is still on my sisters phone!

Even the baby FP joined in the dressing up!

So anyway this is far too long a post so I think I will do presents and decorations another day!

Have a fairy happy day

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

Catching Up

My legs and arms have gone in to shock and have decided to stop working in protest at the exercise I did last night!  I finally had my induction session with a personal  trainer who came across as lovely but made me work like a mad thing – it obviously worked though.

Anyway I haven’t blogged for ages so lots has happened that you may or may not be interested in.

We went to Cornwall on holiday and it was lovely.  I felt like I was the only person in the whole world who hadn’t been and now I know why.  It was beautiful and I’d love to go back – no wonder everyone raves about it.

On a frustrating note – I had to miss what should have been my first appointment at Guys hospital for the egg donation.  I got sick with a throat virus while on holiday and was just too sick to make it.  I was desperate to go but eventually after a few tears my lovely husband persuaded me not to go and share my germs with others.  I am emotional at the best of times but horrendous when I feel sick so I cried quite a bit then calmed down and phoned the lovely A at Altrui who was so nice and sweet to me that I cried all over again!! (How dare she be so nice to people !)  So we have rearranged for a couple of weeks time.

While on Maternity leave, the baby FP and I completed an OU undergraduate module in Psychology.  I finally got the grade through and I got 73 (apparently the equivalent of a 2:1 or a B), so that was good.

I also have confirmation that I have a place on the Masters course I want to do and am, geekily,  incredibly excited about it even though it means I will probably not have a social life for the next three years!

And finally my eldest FP turned 4 this weekend so we had a lovely princess party!  Here is my Fairy Princesses.  Soon I will blog about the party properly, including party bags and decorations.  My very talented sister has also promised to explain how she made the beautiful birthday cake (I might even show you a picture!).

Happy days

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx