Anna's 6th Birthday

Decorated by Michael & Grandma

Anna had a very sweet and memorable birthday party at a local craft center.  The word that comes to mind is "lovely".  There were 10 children in total, dressed in party clothes, gathered around a big table at which they painted ceramic animals and then did decopatch of their first initials.  They were all really focused on their crafts with an occasional interlude of happy singing by Anna.  Really lovely party goers, all very well mannered.  I've mentioned this before, but it is quite impressive to me to see 5 and 6 year old children look presentable, use quiet voices and polite words, sit properly and share nicely.  British (and French) children seem to really have this level of decorum down pat.  (In fact, I find myself wanting to call them "children" instead of "kids".)

After a round of classic British kids' party snacks (sausages, scotch eggs, cheese curls), the kids had little pink cupcakes topped with jelly beans and dolly mixtures.  I read online that children are usually given a piece of birthday cake wrapped in a napkin and placed in the party bag.  Since we had cupcakes, I bought these little cupcake pods--what a neat innovation.  Grandma, Grandpa and I had fun assembling them.  Anna did the final inspection.

Cupcakes in their pods

 Decopatch with Decorum