We had a great activity planned for Pearl and her friends today, and she was really looking forward to it. Sadly, though, through no fault or lack of foresight on our part, it was unavailable this morning. So we were left scrambling a little bit for something to occupy six 8-10 year-old girls and two preschoolers.
Luckily, we were close to a good maritime museum, and spent a good 45 min in there marvelling at exhibits, climbing into boats and model cabins, and pushing buttons to see what noises they made. Pearl was bitterly disappointed and not very enthusiastic about “Plan B”, but she put up with it and her friends were happy enough. A bit of a treat afterwards was seeing a baby seal resting on rocks nearby!
"I wish someone would scratch my tummy..."
Then it was back home for a party lunch (rainbow goldfish crackers from our trip to the US were a huge hit!), and Moomin birthday cake, sorry, Snork Maiden birthday cake:
Snork Maiden birthday cake
We also had Moomin wine-gums and Moomin biscuits (cookies), and a Moomin-shaped jelly which was very popular. In the photo you can see korvapuustit (Finnish cinnamon buns) and the compulsory “healthy lunch” option: vegemite-cheese scrolls. A large bowl of carrot sticks disappeared rapidly too, rather to my surprise!
There was much playing-with-the-birthday-presents and Lego-building, and singing of Happy Birthday, and everyone seemed to have a good time.
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