On Saturday, we were invited to Isobel Snape's 2nd birthday party, which had a jungle theme. So we decided to go as a Tiger. Regular readers will recall that Jo Jo borrowed this costume for Halloween last year. Katy has never really worn it. She was kind of afraid of it a while ago but she was very keen to wear it on Saturday!
Mama did Katy's face up with whiskers and a nose - so of course, Katy had to reciprocate. Then Katy wanted to paint her own face but she wanted to use the red crayon, so at one point, she looked like a tiger who had recently been fed!
Katy loved the food of course - the popcorn, goldfish and, surprisingly, the cream cheese sandwiches! When it came time for Pass the Parcel, she thought everyone was gathered around to watch her dance!
Issy won a giraffe for Pass the Parcel.
Katy won a rhino, although Mama had to open her parcel as her hands (and mouth) were full of elephant shaped sandwich.
Issy's Mummy is very talented! She made the most adorable lion cake ever!
Mama was so proud of Katy. She was so helpful, happy and co-operative during the whole party. She even made it her mission to tidy up and throw things away. (Actually, she loves to throw things in the bin. We sometimes have trouble as she is constantly throwing away boxes, packaging and containers we want to keep - or she is more interested in opening something for the sake of emptying out the container and throwing it away!)
Jo Jo didn't get jealous but Katy made friends with another boy there called Ethan. Katy is definitely a very friendly kid, happy to make friends and cuddle. She still isn't great with sharing her own toys, but for the most part, she no longer hits, she doesn't get upset if another kid lashes out at her, she doesn't snatch much and she doesn't cry if she is very strongly pushed to share (ie Mama takes the toy from her and gives it back to the other kid).
Katy loved this adorable bouncy yellow pony.
And of course the bubbles were a great hit.
But even so, for some reason, Katy is always wanting to escape from whatever room we are in. Doesn't matter if it is a 30 minute ballet class or 2 hour birthday party - still, her mission is to escape. Of course, Jonah was conscripted in The Great Escape. Look at that tail though!
Here's an example of Katy happily letting Dominique play with her. In the past, she would have been very possessive of anyone touching the pony. She's quite sharp with her "Don't Touch" commands!
When we got home, Katy was quite excited to tell Tia and Dada all about her adventures. And she totally hammed it up when Mama was telling everyone how proud I was of her because she was so polite, helpful and co-operative at the party!
She really understands everything! When I was saying how good her behaviour was, she started saying "bang bang bang" and giving the thumbs up sign. This means excellent in Mandarin and is what we say to the kids with a thumbs up to tell them how great they are being. We haven't said that for a while though so it was surprising that Katy remembered it in this context.
Katy's quite the conversationalist now as you can see above!
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