It was Amit’s barmitzvah celebration last night, and instead of the usual dancing event, the family decided to hold it at Xtreme Ten Pin Bowling in Bramley.  It was such fun, with kids everywhere having fun while playing ten pin bowling, and pool and then a few even braved the dance floor.

Mazel tov to Amit and his family

There are more photos from the evening in an album on my photography Facebook Page.  If you were at the event, you can tag yourself if you “like” the page.

I joined Marcia and Dion at their home to celebrate twins, Kendra and Connor’s, second birthday party.   Marcia and I have done a talent swap over the last while, and in exchange for a few photoshoots (this party being one of them), I’ve been getting some business coaching from her.  I met Marcia online through blogging and I did a family photoshoot with them last year, and it was so cool seeing other people at her party that she’s met online.  Most of them being moms of multiples.  In fact, there were 4 sets of twins there… all 2 years old!

I just loved her theme and decor.  She got all the decor items through a store on Etsy, and downloaded the designs… I think that’s uber clever!

These 2 girls were so sweet, and asked the baby’s mom if they could touch his feet   (this is their mom holding the baby)

I showed you the family lifestyle photos of Wenchy‘s family yesterday, but didn’t show you the photos from her picnic that took place at the Zoo after the shoot.  Wenchy turns 14 every year, and every year she has a kids styled party to celebrate her birthday.  This year, she decided to have a picnic with her friends and family at the zoo.

Her parties are always such a treat, and she puts so much effort into them… down to the party packs that you get to take home.
Every party girl needs a tiara

Louisa‘s little Nicola spotted the hens…

… and quickly gave chase…

I hope she has an awesome birthday tomorrow

No other posts for me today I’m afraid, I can’t post the photos I took this afternoon for privacy reasons

Bradley’s 8th birthday party was held at Boot Camp in Paulshof this afternoon.  Thankfully it stopped raining in time for the party, but the rain did manage to make the party uber muddy… which made the obstacle courses much more fun for the kids.  They had a ball, it’s such an awesome venue for boys parties!  They didn’t stop running and jumping and sliding and climbing the whole afternoon, and the “Sergeant” was so fantastic with the kids… and helped the younger ones such a lot!

It wasn’t only the party that was a success, the cupcakes were fabulous!!  It was the first time I’d got cupcakes from The Cupcake Lady instead of having a birthday cake (I’ve bought them for other occasions though)… and they went down a treat… especially the little army men which ended up being the party favours that the kids could take home.

The kids started by doing pushups… which made all the moms and dads giggle.  I just loved Connor’s bum sticking up while he tried

And then the Serge took them to get all muddy   I caught up with them as they were rolling down a mud embankment, and then they had to carry 2 “injured” men across a stream… LOL! The Serge asked Connor to be the one injured man… he couldn’t have asked a heavier child… those poor kids who had to carry him!

While the other kids were flailing around in the mud, the 2 self-proclaimed princesses surprised us all by trying out the cargo nets

When the kids got back for a 10 minute drink break, we saw how filthy they were already

And then it was cake time

Then right at the end of the party, the Sergeant made the parents join in for one final set of push-ups LOL!

It was awesome to hear the kids laughing and screaming all afternoon… it was the sign of a good party.  Thanks to all who joined us

Twins again I had a weekend of twins.  This time, I was asked by an ex-colleague of mine to take photos at her friend’s kids 9th birthday party at the Lion Park, north of Johannesburg.  Twins, Eloise and Chrissie, live in the UK and are in South Africa (with their parents of course) visiting family.

We had to do the cake thing quickly today (and they were the MOST magnificent cakes) because we had to go on a game drive around the Lion Park and then end off with petting the lion cubs.

What an awesome party for kids who don’t live in Africa… actually that’s a stupid statement… it’s awesome for any child.  I actually thoroughly enjoyed the game drive too, because we’ve only ever driven around the Park in our own car, and it was fabulous listening to the guide (think we’ll do that the next time we take the kids to the Lion Park)

The game drive started off spectacularly when one of the resident giraffes decided that it wanted to poke it’s nose into the vehicle, causing loads of squeals of laughter.

After the excitement of the lions being so up close and personal to the truck… we went to the wild dog enclosure and the cheetah enclosure… where the animals were more sedate

Chrissie got completely excited though (more than with the lions) when she spotted the meerkats .  Apparently her entire room is themed with meerkats, so this was such a treat for her.  It was the first time she’d actually seen them IRL.

And then we reached the front of the long queue… and petted the lion cubs for a bit

LOL I just love this shot

It was definitely a party that they’ll always remember.

I’ve put more photos on my Facebook Page so go there, “Like” it and make some comments