Ashley is three !

Ashley had a simple birthday do in her kindergarten today.

Kimberly had always celebrated her birthdays at Gymboree, Mc D, Burger King or Kidsports. The last 3 years running at Kidsports, actually, because I wasn’t up to checking out new places. 

Ashley, the poor dear, save for her first birthday held at home with caterers and magicians and about 100 guests, I haven’t done much for her birthdays.

I was just just going to let it go like last year, but since she is now in kindy, I figure we can do a kindergarten party instead. Kindergarten parties are so easy. haha. All you have to do is pack some party packs and get a cake. You don’t even have to get her a party dress. haha.

Ashley has been asking for one. She goes, “my birthday, momma, my birthday in school?” or “my birthday momma, party in school?” except she pronounced the school as shhhh-kul.

I ordered a jelly cake for Ashley. 

Good thing she is not into Barbie yet. Cos the Barbie cost RM135 (just because it’s Barbie) while this one only cost RM75. Hee hee.

Still, I had wanted to make the party pack a bit different. But I have no idea what to do.  So I asked Nancy of Yozoranitesky if she could bake some cupcakes for the kids.

The sweetie not only bake them for Ashley, when she delivered them to my place on the night before, she absolutely refused to let me pay her. I was overwhelmed.

This is the 2nd time she refused to let me pay her, not even for the fondant, the cupcake boxes and the butter n stuff. She steadfastly refused. And I knew for a fact that she had to bake them till past midnight cos by the time she gets home from KL, it has to be 7pm at least.

And on Thursday night itself, she had to rush out for dinner right after she delivered them to me. She even stayed back to fix the toppings before she rush to her dinner with her friends.

She said the cupcakes are to make the kiddos happy. I have earnestly never met a sweeter soul !

Isn’t she such a darling? 

These are the cupcakes ! 40 of them !!

 

Waiting for the cuppies to be baked in batches, and kneading the fondant, fixing it on top of the cuppies, those are bound to take up a whole lot of time, energy sapping especially if Nancy needed to work the next day. So, I had gotten the flowers and clowns from Cake Connections to make work lighter cos I knew it’s going to be time consuming piping out buttercreams or cutting out fondant flowers. I just couldn’t let Nancy do more. She did a lot already!

I love those swirls that Nancy did on the fondant. Aren’t them swirls so pretty? I like the girls colours more than the boys’ colour. Didn’t they say girls are sugar and spice and everything nice? haha.

These are the kids in the kindy.

What a well behaved lot !

Umm…perhaps not all. haha.

The cupcakes were taken off cos there were too many friendly little “helping” hands.

I didn’t catch the cake cutting and the blowing candles cos I was with the video cam by then.

These are the kids waiting for their party pack and cupcakes from Ashley.

The boys get Bob the Builder and the girls get Barney, only because there isn’t enough Barbie on the shelves when I got them.

Ashley’s chieh chieh helped to pack those party packs. And yes, that’s her helping her to give them out in the pic.

She was so curious about Ashley’s party, I let her off school. They are not having lessons anymore anyhow, spending most of their times doing concert practices.

Ashley’s teachers asked if I could pack a party pack without any chocolates or milk based products. I think it is good that the teachers take a stand on this. It encouraged healthier eating habits.

I had already gotten some packs of chuppa chups and mini raisins, but haven’t gotten anything else. So for the party pack, I added some simple party noise maker items and balloons instead.

Had to add the chuppa chups cos I don’t know what to do with them.

This is Ashley with her friend, Hailey. Ashley likes Hailey a lot Hailey is 2 years older and is in a different class.

This is Ashley with a birthday present that “my friend, Dale” gave her. Dale’s name came in 3 words. Instead of Dale, he is always “my friend Dale”, as if that is his full name. haha.

I put the present in a paper bag but Dale fished it out and planted it firmly in Ashley’s fingers again. And again. oh, and again. So she end up carrying it around. haha.

She also got a book and a stringey puppet pencil from her teachers.

Nancy got Ashley a present too.

She opened it the night itself. (Pardon her mismatched pyjama. Kimberly dressed her because I was cooking)

It’s her very first music box !

You can tell she likes it.

A LOT !!!

Cos her chieh chieh would not let her touch any of hers. So this one she could claim it as her own.

I never thought to get her any cos her chieh chieh got soooo many. Like 9 or so? One day I will blog about her numerous collections.

The 2nd born always missed out, don’t they? Inadvertently.

Because Ashley’s favourite Yee Yee knew that she isn’t getting many presents having a simple do, she came over with Poh Poh and Kau Fu and we went out for supper at Pappa’s kopitiam nearby cos it was like 11 pm when Poh Poh got here. Poh Poh gave Ashley a big angpow.

So Ashley is now three years old !

Now to teach her her new age.

*Hold up 3 fingers Ashley. yup, that’s right. Say, “three years old !” *