.Anyway, to cut a long story short (I'm not Nic, after all
) she had a lovely time opening prezzies on our bed. She had from us a pair of rollerblades plus protective gear, and a double dance-mat (to save arguments with her little sister) and a 'Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus' DVD (which I had found for £2.50 at the charity shop!) and a set of Pet-Keeper Fairies books, the latter of which was her favourite present, I think, as she yelled with excitement, pulled out the first book, lay down, and was quiet for the next half-an-hour reading! The funny thing was, I had wrapped a couple of presents for Shannon because she's very much in 'imitating' mode at the moment and wants to do whatever she sees anybody else doing. However she was still asleep and slept through the whole thing!!After breakfast and sessions of playing with roller blades and dance mat, we eventually all got ready and went to Stratford-on-Avon, which has a lovely park with a huge sandpit to play in. It was a really lovely couple of hours, during which DH and I were mostly able to sit and just watch the two of them running around having a great time. I commented to Bill how I had been waiting for so long to get to that stage of motherhood - when I could take a book to the park and just let them get on with it - and I think we're just about there!!
Then we came home late afternoon, Bill set up the projector and screen, and we had a big-screen viewing of the Barbie DVD, which had her transfixed. Meanwhile I cooked the dinner that the birthday girl had requested - roast chicken, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, sweetcorn and gravy, followed by a custard slice!!!
Saturday was stressful! The party was to be a 'Nina & the Neurons' theme - loosely translated as 'science'. I'd done less planning than I'd intended, due to busy-ness and tiredness, but DH had put several things together too, so I think it all came right in the end! So we had rockets taking off (and ending up in the neighbours' garden!), food colouring in milk being swirled around when a drop of washing-up liquid is added, identifying smells, trying to get an egg into a narrow-necked bottle (that one failed!), and other stuff, but finally and most spectacularly, the wonderful much-renowned 'Mentos and Diet Coke' eruptions!
The party guests gather at a safe distance:
Finally, after much playing, experimenting and having fun, they descended on the food:
and at the very end, she blew the six candles out on her Unicorn cake!
The party guests sang Happy Birthday once for Jade and then for Bill, whose birthday it really was that day! He generously postponed his presents and pampering for today, Sunday, instead!
5 comments:
glad it all went well
Wow, that looks like such an excellent party! Glad you all enjoyed it.
All looks wonderful, cake looks fab :) She's looking very grown up and gorgeous too.
volcano looks spectacular - much better than our feeble vinegar and bicarb one! Glad it all went well in the end and that she's pleased with the pressies.
very fine cake! we like to do fancy cakes too. My husband does them usually. One year a mum in the playground at school laughed at him for doing it, saying she bought hers from tescos and he was wasting his time because they don't appreciate it. When the children arrived they all rushed to his creation (a mermaid) and one of them announced that "catherine always has the best cakes". Made his day. :)
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