DOING LIFE

IT'S THRILLING TO BE THREE

{Zeoné's Birthday Party Shoot}

Zeoné's little brother:

On Saturday it was serious party time at Plantland in Krugersdorp. And it was the third birthday of a very special little girl, Zeoné. Mom, Lize had the perfect party solution up her sleeve. This branch of Plantland was just the perfect spot to keep the bambinos more than occupied and at the same time the parents could sit and relax, chat and still have their kiddos in sight. There was a small animal farm on site and a huge play area with loads of play apparatus to keep all the young ones entertained.

As the party guests arrived they were chaperoned by a very friendly young lady's paint station to have their cute little faces painted. It seemed like the girls definitely enjoyed the face decoration more than the boys.

Once all the guests have arrived and settled down playing with each other, the first activity of the afternoon was making their own mini pizzas. Lots of rolling, hitting each other over the heads with the rolling pins and messing flower all over took place. But, it was definitely clear that the parents perhaps had more fun here as they had to assist putting the fillings on top and keep guard that not all the yummy ham landed in munching little mouths. I had to laugh though ... each bambino was asked to give their names so that it could be written on a piece of paper and put with their specific pizza in order that each pizza could be returned to its rightful owner ... one little girl, when prompted for her name, she proudly announced 'Liewe Heksie'. Well everyone standing around had a good chuckle. So I asked her where her 'broom' was, and once again she was quick with her response: 'my broom is my mom's kitchen cupboard at home'.

Later in the afternoon the next activity was having each bambino planting their own little plant in a cute little bucket. Once again, the ever watchful parents did more planting so as to prevent soil flying every where. I thought this was yet another great activity to make the young one's realise the importance of nature.

The last activity of the afternoon was of course the highlight of any birthday party ... blowing the candles on the birthday cake and eating it. All the parents also had a huge slice of this very yummy chocolate cake with delicious creamy icing. Must say, it went down quite well with a cup of tea. I haven't seen so many bambinos together since attending primary school.

So near the end of the party, Conroy suggested that I take a nice group picture of all the bambinos together ... ya right ... its very obvious that he doesn't have any kiddos of his own ... how do you line up 20+ children ranging between the ages of 2 and 9 all at the same and stand still for the perfect shot, I ask you.

I just would like to complement Lize on arranging such a wonderful birthday party for her little girl at such a lovely venue and with very interesting activities. And of course for all the lovely eats that were also available for all the parents. I trust that she will be happy with the photo shoot she commissioned me to do.

PS: Have you noticed all the BLONDE bambinos? ... must be something in the water ... what do you think?

- Signing off, wishing I could be 3 again