Ryan's 4th Birthday Party

10 October fell on a wednesday. So mummy and daddy fixed on 7 October to hold a small birthday party for Ryan. It was a sunday when most guests could attend. Actually mummy did not want the hassle of holding a party at first. But it would be abrupt to stop the party tradition for Ryan as soon as his sister Demi joins our family. Well, just a small party would not hurt...

Mummy decided to have a party theme of the Thomas the Tank engine and friends. This is always Ryan's hot favourcite character. And he can talk about the adventures of Thomas and his friends for hours and hours. Ryan will be thrilled! (I hope :-P)

First thing to be done, Invitation Card. I have gotten idea from the net on the making of the invite: A Boarding Pass. It looked like a bookmark with the party details stated on both sides. Hopefully this invite (cum bookmark) can serve our little guests well as a reading partner.


Next, shopping for the goodies to be packed as party kit. Running with this Thomas train theme, I managed to get partywares like conductor cap, train whistle and tatoo from ebay singapore. Others like banners, party bag of Thomas were bought at s small gift shop at Holland village. Lots of theme partyware could be found there. Definitely going back for the next party ;-) Tibits and party lunchbox were from concourse. Finally balloons from Toys R Us. Ya, it was for a small party... Quantity had reduced but effort on preparation remained. Sweat!




Last but not least, was the food. Since only about 15 adults and 10 kids, the main items on menu were fried finger food like fries, nuggets, samosa and chicken wings. Besides the usual fried bee hoon and curry chicken, we had ordered a Delifrance dessert tray that was an instant hit with both kids and adults. For sure we would try more variety from Delifrance in the next party :-P As for the birthday cake, the authorised Thomas Train design got to be from Polar Puff. We had ordered a 1kg cake with chocolate sponge and butter cream. It tasted so yummy... Frankly, eating cake is always 'sinful' (lots of fat and sugar!) so why opt for a less tasty fresh cream? Attack the butter cream, it is really worth it :-p Hahaha...

The children enjoyed playing in Ryan's room the most. Not surprising as it was packed with tikes car ride, playhouse and many other toys. So glad to see these little guests played till their hearts content. Their beaming smiles were the best reward.

Ryan 4th birthday party


One thing to note, most of Ryan's little guests were girls :-D That made him look like a ladies man, getting all the attention :-D This 'small' party lasted from 11am till 3pm+. Mummy and daddy were really tired to the bone! Total energy drained! And Ryan was found lying flat on floor in his room, continuing his fun in dreamland... Even the 'Duracell bunny' got his 'no-battery' moment. Hahaha...