Birthday Parties are the theme for this month’s recollections, suggested by Irene A Waters.
(Baby Boomer growing up in an Australian capital city.)
When I was young we had birthday parties though nothing like the extravagant theme parties many kids have now. Most of our birthdays would have been celebrated within the immediate family but during my Primary School years I remember parties I attended at other girls’ homes. Boys were never invited and I don’t remember any boys having parties, even my brothers.
In my class at school there were cousins who lived next door to each other and I looked forward to their parties because they always had delicious cream puffs. I also remember seeing my first ice-cream cake at another party. During those years the party pies and pasties were all home made, nothing was available from a supermarket freezer then.
We played games like:
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Musical Chairs
Pass the Parcel (only the last person got a prize)
Scavenger Hunts
We had fun with balloons and whistles which had extending paper ends with feathers on them.
Everyone was given a piece of cake to take home wrapped in a serviette.
Musings of a Retiring Person 