Parties And Face Painting | 2011

Birthday parties. It's one of those things that every child wants. Whether he is the one throwing the party or he is just going to have fun at someone else's.


For some reason though, Jakjak has always been selective at parties. He is initially shy when we attend a party where he does not really know a lot of the other kids. But he does warm up to them (much more quickly nowadays, thank God) and eventually plays with the other kids. He plays only with the nicer ones, and mostly older girls. Probably because he relates to them more, but who knows if he has other motives.

So, parties. There are hotdogs, cakes, spaghetti and then some. Jakjak, he likes pratas. So he rarely eats a lot at parties. He just wants to play as much as he can and nibbles only bits and pieces of cake. Ice cream? If it's not soft swirl and served in dixie cones, he won't have it. 

He will get involved in games though (but only recently as well, he just gets up there and joins, and wins!). We taught him how to be a good sport, which was a good idea seeing how some kids become rowdy mad when they don't win. Although, I'm not quite sure if Jakjak winning a game or two helps in his 'good sport' mode. The one thing he had never wanted to do or be involved in, is face painting. No reason at all. He just does not want to. He would rather finger paint at home!. So yeah, there may be things we need to work on. I'm just concerned that he might decide to simply host the party instead of living it.