Saturday 10 April 2010

Six of the best

It was but a short couple of years ago that Maya Singer came to California as a baby. Today she's almost ready to attend business school, as we celebrated her sixth birthday with a picnic in (windy, cold) Tilden Park. All the usual accoutrements were on display - balloons, lots of pink, cakes. Elise and Elliot led the party games with great enthusiasm, and I once again tried to spread the gospel of cricket...


The birthday girl, suitably haughty.


Elise makes the most of an unfair advantage in duck-duck-goose.



This is more like it! Strangely only Loren would join me in a real sport.



Echoes of Shane Warne.



A short coaching session. "So how do I hit a home run..."



Simon (Elliot) Says.



Michal willingly (?) volunteers as toilet paper mummy #1.



And Elise is mummy #2.



Come fly with me.



Parkers in pink.



Bars in purple.


Poor, unfed waif.



Cake arrives, swiftly followed by chaos.



The eternal struggle of lighting candles outside.



Girls: a lot more violent than boys.



Getting away with a hostage. For now.