Cub ka Superhero Budday Party!

I must put it down before his next birthday comes up! I mean, seriously! I also want to do a BuB update before HER next birthday comes up as well.


Since Cub is totally and completely into Superheroes, we decided to attempt a Superhero themed party for his 5th birthday. For one The Fifth is sort of a milestone birthday and for another, this was the first time he had a bunch of friends in a colony. It made sense to have a biggish party this once. So, we went about planning it with M getting palpitations at the number of kids I wanted to invite and I was getting tired of his eye-rolls for every idea I came up with. Finally all of us together managed to pull off a decent party!


Here are some photos;

The preparations! :) The father cutting cardboard and the son painting the newspapers! :)

She pretended to use the paintbrush and paint the newspaper and then we were not looking indulged in some face painting of her own! :p

The last minute idea of making superhero wristbands being executed perfectly by M the previous night! We are nothing, if not immaculate planners!

The birthday boy posing with the party decor and his gift! :D

Kids started trickling in from 430pm itself for a 5pm party and by 5 most junta was there!


They are all making superhero themed photoframes for which the cardboard was being cut and newspapers painted in the first snap. We got some superhero images and logos printed from Printo, cut them and kept them in separate containers. Kids had to pick the logos, paste them on their frames the way they like it and then paste the photo in the space where we stuck coloured newspaper! :)

The kids making their frames which they then took home! The decor was some balloons and sounds typically found in comic books which were printed, cut in funky shapes by the father and stuck on walls.

A finished frame would look something like this! :)


Oh and we got capes stitched for all the kids from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vandanamu-Ethical-Cottons/117874911582117 which is a NGO basde out of Pondicherry run by Swapna's mum. Excellent choice if you want to get anything stitched - bags, aprons, capes etc at extremely reasonable rates and excellent finish! :)

The Bub, unused to NOT being the center of attention took on a supervisory role and kept grabbing crayons from everyone! sigh!

The party then moved to the club house for khaana peena. This was the welcome note! :) Again made by the father 20mins before the party! :)

The piece de resistance. Superhero Cupcakes! :D

Since we ran out of budget to make a themed cake as well, we bought a simple cake, used some sticks to put superhero logos we already had and Voila! :D


Point to note here is that we forgot candles! Yes, did i not tell you about our efficient planning. We also had to run and get the knife while the kids waited impatiently. Well, one lives and learns is all I can say in our defense! :p

For people who do not know much about Superheroes - some basic gyaan! :D

The pile of gifts! Brrrrrr! :)

And the best gift wrapping award goes to our very own Art and Anush! :D



So, this in nutshell was Cub's 5th. While we did lot of work for the party, the food part was completely outsourced and we had no complaints on that front.


We also realized that kids are so attuned to the concept of return gift that too in form of a cheap chinese toy that they just could not wrap their around the fact that the cape, the superhero wristband and couple of chocolates WAS the return gift! While some kids were so sweet that they asked us multiple times if they could indeed take the cape back home with them! :)


All in all, it was great fun organizing this party for the Cub and he seemed quite happy too! :)

The Thingie Post 3 and Cub n Bub ki kahaaniyaan!

I love the man for buying me Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the day of its release and the very next day of the release of his son. Yes, Cub's birth! I wish I could hunt for the photo of a day old Cub, the Book and me at the hospital.



And the book has two sweetest messages;


To My Sweetest Sorceress and Strongest Ma
Thanks for giving me life and changing my Nappies
Love, Bumpy

and


Thank You to the sweetest magician
Who has the strongest spell on Me.
M

And lets not forget we saw the HP movie a week before Cub's birth, FDFS! :)


And here's what Cub has to say about Bub.


On taking responsibility

When Bub grows up, I am going bathe her and dress her up! :)

On games people play

When Bub grows up, I am going to ask Papa to buy her also one Gada (a la Hanumanji, his latest favourite) and then we will fight with our gadas! :p


And here are some photos of Bub's first outing on her first month birthday. We went to UB City and had a yummylicious meal at Tasty Tangles while Bub slept peacefully in the stroller Starry graciously shared with us! :) The weather was perfect to enjoy the open seating! Thanks Dad for a great time! :)

The Phirst Phamily Photo of Phour before we left. And the pink teddy is named Goldilocks! :D

Happy to be out and about! New FB profile pic?! :p

At UB City. Another Foursome! :)

The Three Generations! with my parents! :)

Bub being fed AFTER we all had our fill. She kept sleeping till then like an accha baccha! :)

Happy to be home after a fun day out! :)

The Thingie Post 2 and Bub's naamkaran!

How can you not love the man who sends this sms when you have just found out you are pregnant and wondering what should you call the baby in-utero?

"We will call her Bumpelina 3D because A) She better be a she and B) she announced herself only in 3rd month and C) all sequels are now 3D! ;)

or when traveling dreams about cleaning his kid's snotty nose and misses him even more!

Our kids are very lucky to have an unbashedly sentimental Papa like you! :)

NB: For folks who joined the pahty late Cub's in-utero name was Bumpy! :)

And here are Bub's naamkaran pics. We didnt really go the whole traditional hog. It was mainly a getogether with the family here. WE did bits and pieces of Maharashtrian barase and tied it up with beer and biryani! :p

The photos arent exactly in order. But i am too impatient to set them in exact order! Please to bear with the lazy mother of two! ;)

Almost midnight the previous evening we attempted some last min decoration! :) The Aaji and grandson were doing ghoda ghoda on the beanbag! :D

The welcome note by the father of the kids! Love it! :)

Proud grandparents and bada bhaiyya with the Bub before the pahty started!

Cub looking dapper wearing kurta gifted by Mansi bua! :)

Ruhi bua whispering the name in Bub's ear!

Bub in the decorated cradle!

 The "aukshan" or arati. This one by my Mum.

 Aukshan by Meenoo Mausi - the local daadi! :)

 By Ruhi Bua! :)

since I had no salwar kameez i could fit into, i stuck to my maternity jeans and silk stole! :D

Cub eating the cake he had just cut! No need to be fed n all! :p

Cake for Cub! :)

And for Bub! You got the name by now i guess! :D

L'il bub tired of all the attention! :)

The Thingie Post and Bub's first smile! :)

Sue always comes up with the coolest blogposts and so many of em end up becoming tags. Now, i am gonna jump onto the Thingie Posts bandwagon. The husband M is traveling and will be back only sometime post mid-Feb. He is ofcos terribly missed and this is as good as any other time to look at what makes him so special. And always a good reference for days I am particularly mad at him! :p

So a few days after I got back from the hospital with Bub, i saw a darkened vessel in one corner of an unused sink. I asked my mom who had managed to char another pateela to cinders since that is my speciality and I didn't remmeber being responsible for this blackened piece of steel.


Mom told me that M was boiling the milk in the morning the day I was being operated to get Bub out in to this world. He forgot to turn off the gas in all the rush and excitement. She then said he looked so nervous and worried. He didn't move from outside the OT the entire time I was in. Refused to even go and have quick naashta at a darshini right next to the hospital. He didnt go anywhere even after he saw the Bub till he figured out what exactly was happening with me.


Standard expected behaviour one would say. But when I teased him about the kala pateela, he simply said "But i was so worried about You..." and my eyes welled up.


I love the man for always being able to laugh at himself and disarming me with complete honesty on rare occasions! :)


And here's Bub's first captured smile. Now she is grinning away to glory. But right now I am too smitten to bother taking photos. Just soaking it all in. The unexpectedness of it still takes my breathe away! :)

Taken with brother's spanking new fancy camera. But ofcos I am giving all the credit to the model! :)

The proud big brother! Bub ofcos bawls, but Cub wants his share of godi taking and cuddling! :)