William slept in and woke to excitedly open his birthday presents, which he found on the coffee table.
Thankyou Helen for the Colin Buchanan DVD.Will was glued to it twice back-to-back after breakfast! Thankyou Nanna and Grandpa for the stickers: they are a big hit! William proudly sported a gorilla on his hand all day.
This past week a tree house for the kids has been underway, in time for Will’s birthday. Thankyou so much Tom and Margaret Pamflett for this generous gift to settle the children into their new home! And thankyou also to Simon for his help with building it. They LOVE it.
Simon and his kids Rowan and Senna came over mid morning to celebrate Will’s birthday. The kids watched some Mister Maker (thankyou Mum – Will and the kids have enjoyed it a lot already!) and then followed one of his ideas by making a wriggly worm in a box. It worked pretty well.
The kids had a picnic lunch up on deck. It now has a rope climbing frame, saucepan lid steering wheel and flag in Will’s favourite colour. Lunch was a feast of Will’s favourite food (mostly): chips, soup, pancakes and cake. Emovine put a lot of effort into a very nice birthday cake, even coming in on one of her days off to bake it. It was delicious.
We tried some fancy local candles that seem like mini fireworks! Very theatrical. Will was impressed. In the afternoon the other kids went home, despite Will deciding they could sleep here from now on.
I overheard William saying, ‘Yeah, let’s go and do it. Because it’s my birthday!” It was the first year he really got into the whole birthday thing. According to him, it was a great day. And that’s what counts.
Happy birthday William.
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