Leila’s 8th birthday!

I guess every parent is the same, EVERY YEAR, but wow!! I now have a daughter of 8!! How the hell did that happen? It has literally flown by!

So, Leila could not decide on what she wanted to do for her birthday this year, which isn’t actually very different to most years, but she then approached me one morning and asked for a short list of ideas! No pressure then!!

So I suggested a few;

A Build-A-Bear party- nope, too babyish!
A disco in a hall – yes!! she was quite up for this, but I then quickly realised I would need to be very involved in this scenario, so found a million reasons to not do this, totally putting Leila off!!
A bowling party – nope, did that last year.
Cinema – couldn’t get long term dates on line so no way of organising
A pamper party? – Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!!

Feeling chuffed that we had finally made a decision, I then quickly had a mild panic attack (the highs and lows of children’s party planning!!), how the hell was I going to find said Pamper Party Planner with only a month to go?

Anyway, after endless googling (which wasn’t as painful as it sounds, as most of this was achieved sat by a pool in Mauritius with a cocktail in hand!!), I came across the wonderful ladies at http://www.trulyscrumptiouspamperparties.com and they were available!!!

I have to say, this was literally the easiest party I have ever hosted, the ladies took complete control and kept the girls entertained for their whole 2 hour slot. The sun even made an appearance and seeing as Leila’s birthday is historically the worst weather day of the year, it was a very pleasant surprise.

Anyway, the girls absolutely loved it, myself and Steve loved the fact they were in control (even though Steve did look extremely uncomfortable at most points, 7 girls, 3 women and a pamper party is not Steve’s comfort zone) I would highly recommend their services.

Here are a few photos from the day ….