Spotlighting…

One of the ladies turned 5 last week - I can’t believe it.  And for 9 months she has been talking about a spotlighting party.  To anyone who has been in the ute for traditional spotlighting: you’ll be relieved to know that she just means looking, not anything more sinister than that.  It was a quiet birthday year this year, last year’s dino party at the museum was ridiculous really so it was a much smaller affair this time. 

So the kids decorated their paper glasses Dame Edna style - Hello Possums - thanks to Nikki for the tip off re the glasses at Riot Art.  They are also at Windmill but I didn’t get there.

We covered our torches with red cellophane (I called the ranger a few days before looking for any intel I could pass on to the kids about the possums we would be looking for.  I explained what we were doing and she said “you do realise it’s against the wildlife protection act to shine any type of light at wildlife??”  Great, there goes the party…..  Anyhow, it turns out if you tint the light with cellophane, it’s not as damaging or disturbing.  Gave the kids something to do - they were soooo excited to have torches out - it was gorgeous.)  We had a quick bite to eat - Planning Queen style:

Then we gaggled off to the gardens in such of something to spotlight:

The kids had soooo much fun running around the park spotting possums.  We were looking for the Powerful Owl but she remained elusive.  Then we walked back home for ice-cream cake:

Thanks to everyone who helped on the night - to Mum for coming down and helping get things organised, Nic for the tea cups and Carmen for the grownup food.  Happy Birthday kiddo: