Partying at Peekaboo

Michael, Ayisha & I were out partying last weekend! Woohooo! But, errrr..with a place called Peekaboo, you know it's a kid's party yeah?

For the past year living in Bali, out of us 3, Ayisha has had the most invites for parties. Lucky for me, I got to join all of these parties. Michael, not so much. This is because almost all invitations that we receive for her specifically state 'for mums & kids only'.

It took me a while to get used to this actually. In Malaysia & even Australia, most kids parties (esp 3 years old and below) would include both parents or don't really specify otherwise as it's a gathering of family & friends. Like, how many friends does a 1 year old have? Or to be exact, it's actually an excuse for the parents to celebrate and have a get together, with the added excitement of a fancy birthday cake & a chance for us mums (yang over) to put together the ultimate party bags. I would find myself asking my friends here for confirmation 'mums only eh?' few times, just to be sure.

Firstly, I don't want Michael to be the odd one out. Secondly (and most importantly heheh), if he's not around, then I would not have any help with Ayisha. Which means I wouldn't be eating or gossiping as much. I mean, that's what spouses are for, isn't it?

So without Michael attending the parties with us, I would miss out on the girls' gossip because almost all of them have help & their helper would be the ones attending to the kids. Also, I won't be eating as much or it wouldn't be quite satisfying because I would be distracted from time to time. I wouldn't even finish a box of Teh Botol (a very popular party drink). Which is totally ok, because they are after all, Ayisha's parties anyway and and and.....at the end of the day, I would normally get extra food to take home (bungkus sih!) because the hosts would notice me not eating much. 

That's the best part here. They always have plentiful food leftovers and they're all oh-so good. So everyone would end up with something to take home and it's normally a full heavy meal consisting of rice, noodles, chicken, beef and a few vegie dishes complete with desserts, no matter what time of day the party was held.

So last weekend was one of the rarest occasion where we were ALL invited. It's Teagan's 3rd birthday party and her mum, Sri decided to make it a BIG one!

It was held at Peekaboo Kids Play & Cafe, a very huge, newly opened, fantastically equipped kids play centre in Sanur, just 10 mins from our house. It was absolutely fabulous! It is just a perfect venue for a kids (and ma & pa) party.

The place is so new, I don't think it's officially opened yet. It was owned by one of the mums at school and Sri's good friends with her so she opened it for the day, for the party.

The place is like kids' heaven. Lots and lots of toys to play with and explore. To tell you the truth, Michael & I were some of the excited parents that 'use' their child to 'explore' some of the wonderful toys there. I just love it. I was torn between joining my girlfriends who were laughing hysterically about something or joining Michael & Ayisha at the BBQ play station - it's THAT good.

Ayisha had a great time playing with daddy, with her friends or even by herself. Michael & I both had a chance to sit down and enjoy the party food and we took turns looking after Ayisha so the other could catch up & mingle with our friends. Well mostly me lah cos Michael only knows a few - what with the 'mums & kids only' invos. :p

Anyways, it was such a great day, we were there for hours. We could've gone on and on but the place was booked for certain hours so we had to let go of the BBQ station. Sri prepared all of the food herself - appertizers, mains, nibbles, desserts and the cake both for the kids & adults. They're all just so very good. 

The only thing missing was the bungkus/tapau part. The centre requires food to be packed & boxed and because almost everyone came and a lot of us stayed for ages, there's really nothing to take home. But hey, we didn't need to anyways. I left with a tummy full of extra desserts and 6 times of going back to the cooler box for Teh Botol, just because I can. :p

"quick daddy, do it now, no one's watching!"

mini carousel at the entrance

filling up for the 10th time

"I'll take this one please.."

"beb, we need a coffee break..these parents are too much"

"this is the way we wash our hands..."

kids' meal time at the kids room

"ok daddy, can I have a turn now"

lovely birthday cake for the lovely birthday girl!

high on my 5th Teh Botol

the awesome BBQ station - the lights lit up and made sizzling sounds! Ha had a change of clothes, that's how long we were there!