make a memorable birthday party for my son

For my son’s third birthday, I organized with my friend Sinara an amazing birthday party and puppet show. Her husband, Richard, even built a puppet theatre! I wrote a script and made rod puppets, too and Sinara, Paula and I enacted an original version of the ‘Reluctant Dragon’ Great fun was had by all! I feel very happy that I accomplished something unique and memorable for Zein and his friends and we will continue to make puppets from now on-I had such amazing fun making them. My next project will be making a life-size puppet for the pagan “Festival of Lights’ procession at Kensington market this winter!

I aginized and agonized over this! where to have the party and who to invite? I have a very compact apartment and now the weather is miserable so the garden is off limits. I really feel a summer would be a better time to have the party so the kids can run around the backyard. So a friend of mine whose visiting from Ireland and I had the brainstorm of going on an outing for his birthday and ditching the who party thing. so we decided that we would go to Niagara Falls for his birthday! It’s perfect. Zein’s grandmother is also over from Gaza for awhile so it would be great for her to see this wonder—and can you believe it? I have never been there myself! So we’ll go to Niagara Falls and have a nice lunch with a cake, hats, and balloons. I think that will be memorable!