I helped daddy to make the olive and cheese sticks, while mummy, Isaiah and Ethan were out at the supermarket buying the party food. Mummy had already made a cake the day before, which was a flower shape.
Then we put more
decorations up in the living room and made sure all the party games
and prizes were ready.
Poor timekeeping
The party started at 4
o'clock, but most people were late because Jordanians are not very
good at coming on time. 10 of my friends came to my party and 8 of
them were Jordanians. 2 of my friends could not come.
Princess Games
First, we made crowns
and then we played 'Pin the crown on the princess.' Once everyone had
arrived, we played pass the parcel, pass the magic wand, princess
freeze and princess thrones. We also tried to play princess whispers
(like Chinese whispers), but it was hard because one of my friends
could not speak English and two of them couldn't speak Arabic.
After the games, mummy
taught us all how to do a beautiful princess dance. In between all
the games, we had our nails painted and choose some pretty tattoos to
put on our arms.
Upside-down knife
Then we ate the party
food and the cake. In Jordan, you cut the cake with the knife upside
down, but I don't know why. After this, everyone went home. I got
lots of nice presents, which I opened after everyone left, which is
also normal in Jordan. My friends all told me that it was so much
fun. They don't normally have fun games at Jordanian birthday
parties.
