Miss India turns 4 with a rainbow party

Hello, you 452 gorgeous Planetarians (and hi to those who’ve recently hopped aboard!). Well, we made it. Planet Baby’s birthday party season for Joshua and India is officially over after 3 full parties, 1 playdate and 1 afternoon tea for the grandparents in 3 weeks! Our darling India turned the big-girl-4 a fortnight ago and we celebrated with her daycare and family friends yesterday at home. Here are some snaps of the Carnival of India which ran over the past fortnight!

The big day

Here’s our gorgeous birthday girl up early in her jammies, ready for The Grand Unwrapping of her presents! Hmm, maybe she was getting a cat? What do you think?

This moment of surprise  and delight in her discovery made my spine tingle.

And here’s my baby girl thrilling in A Certain Mother’s handiwork! All in her trademark pink, naturellement!

Here are some bookends, painted with more love.

Then the troops were called in for backup.

Woo hoo! Now India has her own transport to rival Joshie’s! In pink, of course ☺.

The day was spent at home with Sam and me, pottering around and enjoying her presents. Not to mention entertaining us – she’s a card!

We celebrated afternoon tea with the grandparents as you saw here.

The big party

Yesterday we had about a dozen of her friends and their parents and siblings join us for India’s *rainbow party*. Lucky for us, it was a glorious summery day and we were able to party both inside and out.

The decorations

There were rainbow garlands and balloons of every hue.

The attire

The partygoers were suitably bedecked in a multitude of colours.  Here they are, wearing their rainbow riot!

The girls enjoyed their sparkly halos.

And how’s this for a stunning necklace?! Talk about a very stylish mum. Oh, I want to make one!

The food

There were Mr PB’s famous smartie biscuits.

How about some luscious fruit skewers?

Not to mention the old standby, fairy bread.

The craft

The girls loved creating some colourful crafty Christmas confections for their Christmas trees.

The games

There were good old-fashioned pass-the-parcel, ‘Simon says’ and musical chairs. They were all raucously enjoyed.

But the best fun of all was had at Mr PB’s expense.

See these innocent little partygoers, all lined up neatly? Their mission was to throw a beanbag into that soup pot in the foreground. Hmm, it looks like *someone* has struck paydirt! The result…

Well, Mr PB was semi-prepared…

But when your brother-in-law is on a mission, the *rules*don’t always apply! Notice that second sneaky watering can in use ☺.

The cake

Mr PB having changed into dry clothes, Miss India’s big moment then arrived – the Cutting of The Cake!

We attempted yet another *full family shot* before the singing began.

My little girl was quite overcome.

She had some able assistance from her eager brothers with blowing out the candles.

And then came The Grand Cutting of the Cake which revealed…

Meredy’s fabulous rainbow cake! My darling girl was just so delighted, it made my heart go *kaboom*! She’d kept *our secret* so well that it was the complete surprise we’d hoped for. You're a legend, Meredy - thanks so much for the fabulous recipe.

The party bags

Witching Hour then dawning, our brightly-hued guests then departed, their gaily-beribboned party bags clutched firmly in hand.

And then Mr PB and I collapsed. For 5 minutes.

Then Witching Hour began in earnest. But fortunately, after all the day’s exertions, the pixies soon fell asleep, leaving us to marvel that we’d managed to pull it all off and still remain standing ☺. And that, my friends, is a wrap! No more parties until July 2012 – woo hoo!