Noah's fourth and last birthday celebration was here in Singapore. As we were typing this post, we just realized that he celebrated his birthday in three countries (France, Switzerland and Singapore)! In Singapore, Noah and his friend Daniel had a joint party at Fidgets, an indoor playground. When it's too hot or too wet to play outside, there's Fidgets: the kids climb the giant slides, and the parents sit in the cafe, watching the kids play and drinking coffee.
There was a room set aside for the party. Being the first to arrive, Noah and Daniel had the blow-up castle that filled the room to themselves in the beginning.
The guests started streaming in and the children quickly took to the castle. Noah's friends Kathryn (Katy as Noah calls her) and Luna playing in the castle.
It was quite a versatile castle, you could jump on it and slide down it and crawl over it...
Audrey started a new trend: balancing on the edge of the castle and walking (or crawling) in circles. Noah demonstrates this maneuver here:
When everyone had arrived, the kids sat down for lunch. Noah and Daniel were crowned joint kings, sitting on the big birthday boy seats.
They all played "pass the parcel." Noah sort of understood the concept...
... and was very excited when the music stopped and he was still holding the parcel.
Next, it was time for birthday cake! Daniel had a beautiful green iggle piggle chocolate cake. Everyone sang happy birthday, and Daniel blew out his candles.
Then it was Noah's turn. The staff brought over his cake, a plane! First everyone sang his favorite song. (Just now when looking at these pictures with us, he began singing "Happy Birthday Noah" yet again.)
He patiently waited until the song was done. Now is it time to blow out the candles?
And then, with a great big breath, half blowing through his nose and half blowing from his mouth....
...the first candle went out...
...and the second candle went out....
... and it was time for the best part: eating the cake! It was full of strawberries, Noah's favorite.
Maman and Daddy came over for a photo opp and some hugs.
After the cake, there was a Thomas the Train pinata. It was a surprisingly resistant pinata, but after much whacking (and with a little bit of help), the pinata opened...
and the scramble for candy began.
The kids then eagerly received their goody bags. Here's Matthias with his stickers!
After a fun-filled party, Noah and a few of his friends went nextdoor to the main playground for the afterparty. Some sliding...
And of course, lots of hugging (here with Audrey).
All in all Noah very much enjoyed his final birthday celebration and still talks about his plane-shaped cake, his friends, the pinata and of course, the "happy birthday Noah".
