3/28 Two Birthdays

On March 28, we had two birthday parties that day. In the morning, Maile and Beck had Madison's 6th birthday, and in the afternoon Maile had Hannah's 6th birthday.

Madison's birthday was at Safari Run in San Mateo. I knew about this place, but it was our first time there. It's not as big as The Jungle, but it is super clean and super organized. In the main room, there's a big play structure, a little tot area, and racing lanes. All the kids first played on the structure, then one of the staff led them in races and a game of duck duck goose, and then the kids were back on the play structure.

At one point, Madison's mom, Kerry, came up to me and commented how well Maile and Beck get along. I said it was good and bad. Good because they have a built-in friend but bad because they can be really dependent on each other. As I was saying this, Maile was holding onto Beck and trying to keep him from raising his hand to race. They did end up racing with a little encouragement from me. Maile was so sweet when they raced. She would run slow enough to stay just a little ahead of Beck, so he wouldn't finish so far behind.

After all the playing, the staff led us upstairs to the party room. We had lunch and cake, after which we were led back downstairs to the game room. The kids had a great time in the game room winning tickets to turn in for trinkets. Madison requested no presents, but rather for guests to bring a book that another guest would take home. Thanks for a great party, Madison! I'm sorry I didn't get a photo of you.

In the afternoon, I took Maile to Hannah's birthday party at Create It, a paint your own pottery place nearby. Out of all items Maile could choose from, like a penguin, which they were learning about in school, to cute containers, Maile zeroed in on the Little Mermaid.

Hannah and a classmate of hers both decided to paint containers that were in the shape of cupcakes because they both have the same cupcake shirt (they weren't actually wearing them that day but that would have been a cute coincidence). They wanted to paint their container in the same colors as their cupcake shirt, so they conferred on the colors. It was very cute. The staff member would hold up a color, the girls would whisper to each other, and then either raise their hands or wait for the next color.

After the painting, the kids had a light dinner and cupcakes. I helped myself to a cupcake. Yum! Thanks, Hannah, for a great party!

That night we took Hansel's mom to Fu Lam Moon for dinner. Below is a photo of Mathis licking a plate cleaning.