Lanna's 18th Yacht Cruise Birthday Party

Mica is 18! 

Our daughter is now a young adult. Our baby girl is officially a lady. 

Although you are now 18, to me, you are still and will always be my baby girl. I want you to remember my love that you can always call mommy for anything and everything anywhere in the world you are (in the future) just like you always do now.

Anyhow drama aside...

To celebrate this huge milestone, we rented a 70-foot yacht and invited her closest for a sunset Dubai Marina cruise.

We wanted Mica to have a unique and unforgettable 18th birthday celebration experience worth remembering for the rest of her adult years. The most "very-Dubai" party idea we had in mind was to have a private yacht birthday party.

For the cake, she asked for a simple white carrot cake with yellow roses and streaks of gold

Beautifully made and deliciously baked by our friend Mae of Yamyam Cheesecake.

White and Khaki dress code to which we all happily obliged. Don't they all look so chic?

Our guests were her closest and long-time friends in Dubai and just a few family members and friends.

18 white roses from Dad

Decorations of green, white, and gold balloon garland outside the yacht. Unfortunately, we were not able to take any photos before it sailed but the inside simply looks like this. Her friends helped us with it.

And the food is catered by Salt & Pepper. Refreshments were provided by the yacht operator. Had I known the sea would be a little rough that day, I would have ordered dry food and given our guest some motion sickness pill before we sailed on to the sea. 

 

The yacht cruise was a total of four hours including an hour of swimming which our teenage guests enjoyed.

  

Just as the sun is setting, we sailed back to the Marina with all its golden hue. Took some more photos to remember this great day.