A few minutes after 11 am, three buses arrived at the Wonderland Amusement Park.
Through the buses' windows, the children had their eyes shining as they saw the huge venue in front of them, their little hearts could not help but beat faster in anticipation.
The buses parked at the venue close to the park's entrance, and as soon as Matron Isabella disembarked, they saw Theo, Ayia, and the others waiting for them.
"Matron! Kids! Come on in! It's much warmer inside." Theo said with a wide smile on his face.
Even though there was no snow falling from the skies at that moment, the weather outside was still freezing cold, while the inside of the park was relatively warmer.
"Theo! Ayia! My children!" Matron Isabella let out a gentle smile as she saw the benevolent souls who had helped the orphanage so much.
Shortly after the caretakers managed to let into the park all the excited kids.
When the children looked at the insides of the park, their little hearts started beating even faster.
Everything looked so fun!
So much cool stuff to try!
The kids started talking excitedly about everything they were seeing.
"Okay, little guys!" Theo shouted to draw their attention.
"You guys have 2 hours to play around the park. At 1 pm we will have our New Year's lunch, there's going to be a bunch of yummy things like pizza, ramen, hot dogs, sandwiches, and other things!" He smiled as he could see the kids practically drooling as he listed dishes.
"Oh, and there are employees all over the park, so don't even think about going on rides that are inappropriate for your age and statures!" He warned.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMore dangerous rides like the rollercoaster and other radical rides could only be ridden by teenagers and big kids.
Theo, Ayia, and the others did not want any accidents happening to the children, so they took extra caution to warn the park employees to monitor the kids.
But even then, there were plenty of fun rides for the smaller kids, so they could have as much as the others.
"Matron? Is there anything you want to say?" Theo asked.
"Kids, be careful, and if anything happens warn the caretakers closer to you!" Matron Isabella warned.
The caretakers would be walking around the park looking after the kids from afar as they had fun.
"Yes, Mother Isabella!" All the kids replied at the same time.
Theo, Ayia, and the others let out gentle smiles as they observed their cute behavior.
"Okay, you can go have fun now." Matron Isabella suddenly said with a motherly smile on her face.
"YAAAAAY!" The kids shouted in excitement as they ran towards the rides they wanted to go in.
At that moment, the park that was once silent was filled with shouts and kids' laughter, it was filled with happiness.
Theo and others felt their hearts filled with satisfaction as they saw the smiles on the children's faces.
When Theo observed that Matron Isabella and some caretakers stayed behind with some babies, he said, "Matron, there is a place where the babies can stay and have fun too."
"Yes, follow us." Ayia said with a smile.
"Oh, thank you, my kids." Matron Isabella thanked them happily.
Shortly after, they arrived at a place with colored fences filled with baby toys and TVs.
The babies started clapping their little chubby hands when they saw the colorful space.
Matron Isabella and the caretakers also became excited as they observed the babies' cute behavior.
Shortly after, under the caretakers' watch, the babies also joined the fun at the park.
"Matron, do you want to see where we are making the food?" Theo asked.
"As a matter of fact, I do." She replied with a peal of laughter.
In the orphanage, she participated in every meal preparation, so she was curious to see how these kids were doing.
She knew that Theo had his own restaurant, but she was not aware that he was famous throughout the entire city for his cooking.
"Follow us then." Ayia smiled.
The three of them walked towards the kitchen as they observed the others having fun.
Aurora, Sam, Sayuri, and others from the party preparations were also having fun around the park, they had already finished their task, so they were free to have fun.
As they passed next to the Merry-Go-Round, they watched with smiles on their faces as the kids had fun riding the horses going around.
"Oh, is that little Aurora?" Matron Isabela asked as she saw a silver-haired girl taking pictures of the kids on the ride.
"Yeah, she decided that she would be the photographer of the day and take pictures of the kids as they have fun." Theo laughed.
"Yeah, the other two girls beside her are also our friends. Sam and Sayuri, they helped us a lot throwing this party." Ayia commented.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"I think I remember the two of them from your last visit." Matron Isabela replied.
Shortly after, the three of them arrived at the kitchen, and Matron Isabella was surprised by what she saw.
She saw people coming and going everywhere doing their stuff, but strangely everything seemed extremely organized.
After months of working together, the kitchen staff from Theo's restaurant became meticulous in their job.
And as what they were cooking were simple dishes, in their opinion, they did not have any problems in the cooking process.
After cooking all the complicated dishes from Theo's menu, these dishes for the kids were easy peasy for them.
"Wow, they do know what they are doing? Do you hire them to cook?" Matron Isabella asked in astonishment.
In her opinion, such professional cooks had to be hired.
Theo and Ayia laughed as she said, "Oh no, these are our friends. But they all work in Theo's restaurant. That's why they are so good. Even I work at Theo's restaurant." Ayia giggled.
Matron Isabella was even more impressed as she heard that, she had not imagined that Theo's restaurant had such high standards.
"I see you have really good friends and employees, Theo." She smiled at him motherly.
"Yeah, they are all close friends to me." Theo replied with another smile.
"Let me introduce them to you." Ayia suddenly said.
"That one with black hair and glasses, she is my sister Shizuka, but I bet the Matron remembers her from our visits to the orphanage. The girl with green hair is Kimiko Chiba. That little girl with blue hair that is currently butchering that chicken is Shoko Takeda. Those two people there, that guy with black hair and the girl with blonde hair are Max Smith and Lauren Brown. They are a couple..." Ayia continued introducing everyone to the Matron.
And Matron had a gentle smile on her face as she greeted everyone in her usual motherly way.
The party was just starting, what the rest of the day would reserve for them?