She hath wings

Today my little princess has a birthday. When indulging in pretend play, she often calls herself “Princess Mozella”. She is only a few years old and yet she has achieved a lot in a short space of time and is growing every day.

Today we hosted a little afternoon tea with a couple of games and a Frozen theme. Her friends were so excited to dress up as princesses. What a wonderful thing it was to sit back with a few other adults and watch the children use their imagination. It was refreshing to see them happy with simple things and not requiring a screen.

They played musical statues, “keepy uppy” (keeping a balloon in the air) , made masks and did a “snowball throw”; (the boys who were taller, had to throw plastic balls into the trampoline while the girls I the trampoline tossed them out, pretending they were in a castle). They also searched for little objects I had hidden around the room and swapped each one for a lolly.

The cake was an ice cream cake remodelled with pre-made Frozen cut outs on top. This was a real hit and it was good that it suited the little girl who needed to avoid gluten.

The kids reluctantly went home just after 5pm and we knew the afternoon had been a success. Days like today make me brave enough to organise and host more play dates in future and even offer babysitting!

Princess Mozella will no doubt change her name a number of times and one day, disappear, but for now, the rest of the family enjoys her theatrical ways. Life for her is a musical and she takes centre stage, making sure there are at least 3 or 4 costume changes a day!!!