Caden's 8th birthday celebration with classmates

Caden's birthday falls on a Sunday this year, and for the longest time, we agreed to host a mini party on Saturday evening. I had to first help him design a birthday card for him to distribute to his classmates. Our condition to him was to limit the no of invitees to a maximum of 8 children, including himself and Ethan (so that leaves him 6 to invite!).

Although the original intention was to invite 6 of his classmates, Caden decided to include both his cousins in the party as well, despite knowing that he will only get to invite only 4 classmates. Subsequently as there were no confirmation given by 2 of his classmates' parents, we allowed him to extend the invite to another of his classmate during the week.

Somehow, the party ended up with 11 children as some of them brought their brothers along and the non-confirmed kids turned up.. although the crowd was more than what we had expected but it turned out quite manageable.

Night before, little brother helping to pack the party packs:

His happy look upon receiving his long awaited gift

With his best friend, Jesper

Cousins dropped by for an hour of play

All set for the Nerf war

Dinner time

 

With his all-time favourite mango cake

beloved  brother
 
We asked his class monitor, Elijah to take this picture for us


With all his guests, excluding Jasper and cousins as they had to leave for other appointments

His friends were singing the birthday song and brought out a very cheerful mood

After the cake cutting ceremony, the boys continued with their play and were not keen to go home.. eventually the party ended near 9pm.

 

Caden enjoyed himself so much that he asked for a same party to be held for his next birthday! Though a simple affair, I am sure that this party will remain strong in his memory in the future...