(Photos by Sonja, captions by Andy)
On June 13th, we had a Summer Party for Leilani. The private purpose was to make up for the lack of birthday party for her in December, just after we moved and before she knew the children at school.
But it was also meant as a way to have an end-of-the-school-year celebration with her friends from the old school, the ones who graduated and the ones she wouldn’t see because we already knew she was changing schools. Leilani picked the theme of Lilo and Stitch, which we conveniently turned into a general Hawaiian theme for the decorations. The location was the Coyote Point Museum, where else?
Unfortunately, Lilo and Stitch is an “old” Disney movie that doesn’t have a princess, so Sonja had to order the out-of-stock decorations at e-Bay. She also made some decorations herself as seen on the Leilani and Stitch post. All in all, Sonja spent a lot of time getting ready, with Leilani only helping a bit when shopping for decorations.
Anyways, there was the usual chips and pizza to eat, but lots of vegetables and fruit too.
The plastic leis were not very popular with the kids, none of them wore theirs for more than a minute. But the fancy cocktail straws were the biggest hit:
Leilani picked her favorite cake: Black Forest from Sheng Kee bakery. Chocolate ice cream, too! Not to mention the cupcakes and chocolate cookies that other Moms brought.
The loot bags were a big hit, here the kids are playing with the bubbles. The weather was great, so the kids ended up playing outside a lot, instead of running through the museum (later they did watch the animal presentation, which gave the parents time to clean up).
Leilani and Seyon had a great time bopping the balloons around:
Sonja got to wear her Hawaiian dress, too:
Leilani always gives kisses along with hugs, but Seyon seems to get more kisses:
Aye Captain, I’m giving it all she’s got, she can’t take any more dilithium crystals or she’ll fall apart (the parents got to see the Star Trek movie recently, in a real theatre, without Leilani).
Cupcakes should be controlled substances:
After the party was over, Seyon stayed to play with Leilani all afternoon, to their shared delight. They started by running all through the museum:
Visiting the animals:
And then we went to the San Bruno park together, where they ran around some more:
And back at home, they opened a few presents that Leilani received:
It was a wonderful day for Leilani, and fortunately she had enough activity to burn off all the sweets.
