her fifth birthday party

Lilah celebrated her 5th birthday at 4Cats Art Studio, yesterday.

I know what you're thinking - Wow, it's been almost 4 weeks since her ACTUAL birthday! I know I know, however, when Lilah decided on this art studio and I called (2 months ahead of her birthday), this studio was booked solid until today - that's how popular it is - and now that we've been there, I know why! Basically it's every child's dream... well, every child that loves art and paint and getting messy... which I imagine is a fair percentage of children out there!

I booked a "Splatter Paint" Party. First, each of the children make their own individual canvases - to take home. Then they moved on to the large canvas... I think it's a size 6ft x 3ft canavas, and I can even get it stretched and ready to hang... if I feel the desire. I just might too, because it turned out lovely. The children chose 4 colours of paint. First they used brushes to splatter the paint all over the canvas. Then they got jars of paint and syringes to squirt all over the canvas! And finally they got balloons, filled with paint, that they squeezed with their hands until they burst, which of course made the paint splatter all over the canvas... and themselves.

I won't even talk about the amount of paint that ended up all over them - the pictures speak for themselves! Every childs dream? Oh yes!

There were high fives all around with those beautiful paint filled hands and then it was time to wash their hands and have snacks and cake. Our Baba Boy pulled some silly stunts when the children were having their snacks. He was blowing up the balloons, not tying them in a knot and letting them go - he had the children in fits of giggles! Speaking of the children, (Lilah's friends), there were a few from school and a few from Kindercare, and we drove away from the party feeling so proud of our girl for choosing such beautiful friends to invite (some we didn't even know that well). They were all so calm, shy, sweet... really really lovely children. She's very blessed to have these beautiful friends.

It was a fantastic day... Lilah was beyond excited to have all her friends around her. And needless to say, her first stop after it was all over... the bath!!

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Finally, the snacks and cake!

[ the flickr set is here ]

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