Big Four...

I wonder if you have noticed the tickers at the bottom of our blog; if you haven't, let me describe to you what one of them looks like... one of the tickers has a 'Butterfly' hovering just above the '03 Heart' and very near the '04 Heart'. If that doesn't makes sense, it is actually a ticker for Jess' age. So Jess is almost four, to be exact, she will be four in the wee early hours of this coming Monday of 2008!








(Ticker copied from below for those who are time-challenged to view it.)

Since her birthday falls on a week day, we decided to celebrate it in the weekend. We had her special Big Four day at an arts and craft centre. If you know Art Attack, well, this centre was birthed out of that show... it is a franchise in KL.




















































Jess had her friends from school, cousins and cell group to make her Big Four celebration an artsy affair! They all had a go at making 3D models e.g. a bag with Princess Ariel's picture on it (guess who's choice that was!), a yellow submarine, an Easter bunny, etc. They all look very cute don in their aprons, paintbrushes in their tiny hands and using small hairdryers to dry their crafts.

After an hour of craft making, we brought out Jess' cake. It has the 'Strawberry Shortcake' cartoon character on it ... this was on Jess' requests ; it must also be 'pink and round like a circle' (Jess' own words). The children feasted after the birthday song and cake cutting. They had french fries, chicken nuggets, egg sandwiches, cream puffs (this one is very yummy!) and drinks. As part of the birthday package, each child is given a party pack by the craft centre. Jess went home happy and tired... it was a big big day for her.

Here are some pics taken on the day itself.

















Grandparents peering at the kids at work.


















Besides the helpers / instructors of the craft centre, parents were there too to help their kids with the craft work.



































The paintbrushes that the kids use.

















Jess in her apron.


















Jess painting her 'Little Mermaid' picture.


















Jess painting the 'bag'.


















... and now painting the handle; in pink, of course!


Some of the girls hard at work.

























Claire at work.

























Carol, painting the handle.


















Amanda, her cousin enjoying her craft work.











































Emily concentrating at her work.


















Jasmine enjoying her work.


























Clarrise with the hair dryer.

























Big Jess! (there were two Jess at the party).



















Iman working on her craft.


And some of the boys working their craft.


















Josh painting his submarine 'top'.


















... and then the windows to the sub.


















He had an orange submarine!


















Dylon painting away.


















Aresh with his yellow submarine... work in progress.


















Jonathan, the youngest of them boys!



















Shah Nan with his dad... painting the propeller of the submarine.











































After the craft was done, it's time to wash hands.


















Some photo taking whilst waiting for the rest to finish up their craft work.







































































And here comes the cake!










































































































Then the feasting began.




































































































































































A group photo to remember her big day!
Happy Birthday Jess!