My son was really into Pirates around 4 years of age so his birthday party theme was easy to choose.
I think it was mainly school influence as they were playing Pirates in the class and read books related to this subject. His class must be mainly boys as I can't remember my daughter ever learning about Pirates in school. It was ALWAYS princesses!

Emilia is our youngest friend I guess but definitely the most funny one! We all love her to bits and I just had to organize something special for her second pregnancy. Since we planned to visit Orangery in Adliya for quiet some time but always something stood on our way I decided this is a perfect occasion to dine there.

It was the first Halloween in our life that we enjoyed. Since its not really our tradition in Poland we never got to experience all the kids fun, dressing up and being silly. Its a very serious day for us in our culture so turning it into lots of giggles and candy seemed a bit weird. However since there is no way to escape it here we are in the game and I have to admit my kids LOVE IT! Even myself got used to it already and have a great time looking at the decorations and getting candy from strangers:)

Its our annual Halloween Party at Sticky Fingers and it is always packed with scary pumpkins holding baskets and looking for a trick-or-treat. I was trying this year to introduce something new and decided on the photo-booth. And it was a hit!! Great activity and all felt like movie stars!) There was an option to just look at the picture on the website or get a print out for a charge. It served as a great souvenir from the party and memorable gift from the playgroup.

I am attaching plenty of pics as they are all gorgeous. This year costumes were unbelievable and some mums were actually hard to recognize:) Have a look at yourself!
 

These were our giveaway bags - each child received at the end of the party. It is always nice to get gifts!

Isn't Ditta creative? Being about 36 weeks pregnant this costume was super cute, simple and comfy!

Our photo booth activity! Some thought we are going to be live on TV!:))))

Who is that blonde?:)))

One of our activities was pumpkin hunt in the garden. Kids love it! I had those small plastic pumpkins hidden all over the garden with some small candy inside. Everyone was a winner!

 Beautiful Bat girl Quinn!

And we had a surprise visit! Our Zombie! First when I saw him I thought "OMG! This is going to be a disaster! Kids will get scared, scream and run away!". I was sooo wrong....they all loved him! And couldn't have enough pics taken with him!:)

Overall it was a great morning full of activities and excitement. I have to say Halloween becomes now one of our best times of the year!

Our Christmas Parties are always the most important event of the year. Everyone feels the special atmosphere and families are looking for events to entertain kids in the festive season and.......SEE SANTA! This is what Christmas for kids is all about so we made sure our Santa is notified that there is one more party to attend - at Sticky Fingers where 30 kids were waiting patiently to meet him.



This Christmas Party was the busiest ever which can only mean that we are getting more popular year on year and leaving our mark in Bahrain! It is also getting easier for me to organize as I have the experience now and all mu check lists from previous years:) Cheeky monkey!



First we decorated our Christmas Tree during one of the playgroups a week before. All the mums and kids were involved and it put us in a good and festive mood. Tots really enjoyed picking out decorations from the big bag and hanging them on the tree. It was beautiful to see that team work and excitement in their eyes! Precious.



For the event itself I planned this year a photo booth with special Christmas design, piñata fun, goodie table which considered all the international dishes our lovely mums cooked for that special occasion and shared with others. We also invited gorgeous Anna from Body Care Bahrain to prepare a stall with all her natural oils for mums and kids for skin, hair, eyelashes, to sleep better, for teething - you name it - so we can all do some Christmas shopping on the spot:) We also had all our regular activities like painting, play dough, dress ups, toys, etc. We just skipped circle time at the end as all were scattered around the garden and it was really hard to gather everyone in one spot. Ah yes - we set up all in the garden area as weather in Bahrain is just too gorgeous to miss it these days!



Have a look at all our pics and image how much fun we all had. Mums are welcome to put their comments here and make it interactive post! The funniest comment wins a prize!!
ONE FREE SESSION OF STICKY FINGERS!
Yalla all!

Last picture is me and my lovely newly appointed assistant ripping Santa's belly more to check if there are any more candy left for mums....unfortunately kids were super fast and very thorough in cleaning the place up!:)



I have to admit this was the best party ever and I enjoyed it to the max! Even though it was my first Sticky Fingers party without my own kids....:(



Merry Christmas everyone!!