Zareef's Birthday Bash

The party is over. We had fun (with a few hiccups) and most importantly, without any hassle at all! (Semua BK buat.. just need to buy the cake.. and pay la of course). Zareef was very excited at first, jumping around the house before departing to Burger King. The venue is very nice, it is a new BK at Shah Alam Extreme Park.. very spacious and comfortable. We had a section, including the playground, all to ourselves.

Guests started arriving around 4.30 pm (yeah, malaysian style, that's why i ordered food to be served after 4.30 pm.. hehe). Zareef had a few tantrum and 'angin' episodes, especially when we did not allow him to open his presents yet. He hid behind the slides, just as his Smart Reader friends arriving, merajuk. We tried to comfort him, and presuaded him to come out to meet his friends but Zareef was determined to stay mad. After a while, after we just let him be, he came out and played with his friends (lucky Shazwan is there to pujuk and play with him.. ) Zareef was really testing with our patience!!!!!!!!!!! (penat je buat party tapi buat hal pulak)

OKlah.. he party went on. Thankfully, Zareef played well with his friends. We played games, by we I mean kids plus adults. We did not have enough kids so some adults yang perasan kids dengan happynya join.. hehe.. The first game was the famous musical chair. Zareef is grumpy during the first round, but after that he ran round and round and round, pushing other kids. Not a good strategy as he was running far from the chair (not like Shazwan, who was constantly touching the chairs). But it was down to Zareef and Shazwan to fight for the last chair. Shazwan won, forcefully pushing Zareef out of the chair (Children are so competitive!). Zareef cried in defeat (malu la depan orang).

Next is the poison box. The person who holds the box when the mucis stops, is out. Zareef was out during the early rounds, but he got a Spiderman poster, so he's not complaining. Raveena won that round. The last game is the dancing game. Some adults joined the 'fun' but only Shazwan followed the rule, where everybody stops dancing when the music stops.. I mean, he was really like a statue. So he won again.. hehe. I wished that we have more kids coming, but due to the school holiday and the 3 day-weekend, a lot of them when cuti2 Malaysia or makan nasi minyak or balik kampung. But the most important thing is that the kids had fun.

After that is the cake cutting... Zareef had a Ben Ten cake from Secret Recipe. The kids as always, were excited and crowded (and touched) the cake. We sang Happy Birthday and Zareef blowed the candles. Gareth and Zareef wanted a center portion of the cake, where Ben Ten sign is located (Kesian Shah BK melayan mereka.. hehe). I didn't taste the cake, hopefully it's good. After a group photo, the party ends...

Back at home, Zareef excitedly unwrapped the presents. Wow, what a lovely set of gifts! Thank you everybody for the lovely gifts. Zareef got a couple of swords, a Transformers, a Ben 10 watch, Hot Wheels, an art set, a funny face set, some books & stationaries, a junior scrabbles, a board game, a remote control car, an educating magnetic tiles, and also a construction site mini set!! (You know how Zareef likes constructions) That will keep him busy for ... a while. Now he is playing everything, each for 15 minutes.. haha. I just hope that he takes good care of the toys. He is notoriously for misplacing his toys once he's 'done' with it.

All in all.. it was a good day. I hope eveybody had fun and enjoyed the Whopper. Zareef had a blast too! (but I dont think there will be another party next year for Zareef, looking at the way he behaved yesterday). Thank you for coming guys.your weekends are precious! Here are some amateurish picture snippets of the party.. we are waiting for some pro photos, courtesy of Azfar, the trainee of Amru and Enchanted Forest. Will upload the pics when we get them.

The Birthday King... Zara happily playing at the playground..

Zareef with his friends..

Nenek, Uncle Man, Bibik, Zara and me
Untie Annod, Untie Aisha & Arif
Untie Fina and Adella
With Shahrul, Su & Shania..
The lovely presents...

Zareef says Thank You..