Que Sera Sera: 4 is a big deal!

Sera has finally turned 4! Not that we're in a hurry for her to age but after attending so many other birthday parties, she was counting down the days to her birthday. Turning 4, apparently, is a big deal to her. Since forever, she has been making a list of things she can do by 4. According to her, by 4, she'd swim without floaties (that she has been doing for a couple of months already) and she'd be cycling on her 'big' bicycle. However, unaware to her, is the practise that must come before the actual act.

I wanted to throw her a party, a very small one. Johan suggested 4 friends for her turning 4. Great idea in my opinion. So a few weeks before the party, I visualised the party in my head. A week before, I gave out the handmade invitations and started to add in more details in my mind. And two days before the party, I decided I really should have started preparing for the party. Hmm. Wanting to make it somewhat special for Sera, I took it upon myself to make the birthday cake and the butterfly pinata. I have to say, I enjoyed making the pinata especially designing and crafting it. But I should have sought Johan's help when it came to making sure the pinata would work, technically. For the birthday cake, all she wanted was a chocolate cake and I could not even deliver! Well, to be fair, it tasted yummy (using only the best wholesome ingredients) but aesthetically, it was an earthquake of a cake. Literally. The top half of the cake cracked into 3 parts. Groan. Oh yes, it was very bad. It was un-salvageable. And it was 1.5 hours before the party too. So thank you Baskin Robbins for the delicious chocolate chip ice cream cake which everyone loved and devoured in the end.

On the whole, the party was a success, chaotic as most kids' parties usually are. Sera was thrilled to have her close friends with her and even her papa came back for the afternoon. She couldn't have asked for more.