It was a successful affair! We had achieved the desired outcome! My parents had invited close relatives and friends, and had wanted to keep the affair not-to-big. So naturally the guest list was crafted by them. Seatings were also generally determined by them, as sometimes one has to try and please as many as possible [...]
Celebrating a 70th birthday and a 50th marriage anniversary!
February 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments · A father's POV, Parenting musing, Photo opp, milestones
Tags:anniversary·birthday·celebrations·grandparents·milestones·party
Friends among 4 year olds
December 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Adventures, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing, Parenting rules, milestones
When Caitlin had her 4th birthday party, I had invited these particular two friends of hers. The first is a friend over a year older than her. Their Mummees have known each other before they knew their respective husbands, and naturally when both had daughters, they play when the adults get together. The second is [...]
Tags:birthday·etiquette·friends·gym·party·school·social
Organising a toddler’s 4 year old birthday party
November 24th, 2008 · 7 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing, Simple pleasures, milestones
Caitlin will be turning 4 this week. From experience of Caitlin’s 3rd birthday party, it was quite a task trying to organise a toddler’s party. We had some “trouble” thinking of who to invite: Caitlin hadn’t started school yet, her nearest cousins are at least 10 years older than her, she only has ONE toddler [...]
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Simple pleasures for Toddler :: Part 2 :: Daddee’s office party
October 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Adventures, Caitlin the heiress, Simple pleasures
As you know Caitlin enjoys being picked up from school by her favourite human on Earth (ahem). So since I had the day off work (actually I had taken the whole week off since I have a load of annual leave left), and also that our department had organised a lunch party, I thought to [...]
Tags:lunch·office·party·school·work
Caitlin’s third birthday party!
November 27th, 2007 · 12 Comments · A father's POV, Parenting musing
Despite not having enough kids to invite & Daddee’s fumbling in organising it, Caitlin’s birthday party didn’t turn out too bad after all… Admittedly Mummee, Daddee & Caitlin were out during the most of the day, only coming back to start the preparations a tad too late! We were going to host the party at [...]