Birthday Girl

Well, Alicia's 5th birthday has come and gone, and she's had a marvellous time.

First of all, there was dinner with the Hohwy-Barclays (special guest: Uncle Pat) on the Saturday night with yummy pizzas on the menu.

Sunday morning was the official "party day", with a special pyjama-themed celebration held at Kids Space. We invited lots of friends from Alicia's daycare centre, the vast majority of them turned up, and all present had a fantastic time.

Sadly, this occasion saw the demise of Cedric the snake, who was utterly unable to defend himself from the ravenous hordes. Still, he died in a noble cause...

Of course, once the dust had cleared and we'd all gone home, there was the small matter of the mountain of birthday present to unwrap. A dry and very tedious activity for any five-year old to perform, as I'm sure you'll agree.

 

 Last but not least, today, being the actual day of her birthday, saw the presents from family and friends being rolled out (in one case, literally), yet another party at child care (with a special ice-cream cake taken in), and a meal of her choice for dinner (being, of course: Mummy's home-made burgers - yum!) She was also inundated with phone calls, and was looking quite pleased with herself, chatting away on the phone to all the well-wishers.

 

Three parties, a whole weekend (+1 day) of celebration, and a heap of cool presents makes for one very happy five-year-old girl!

Help! There's a snake in our fridge!

Today was spent preparing for Alicia's big party celebration tomorrow.

A big part of that preparation was the baking and icing of the fast-becoming-traditional themed birthday cake. This year, Alicia decided to go with Cedric, the rainbow snake!

Cedric was not too hard to construct, but he nonetheless commanded quite a bit of real estate in terms of icing, and fridge space! Hopefully he'll be a big hit at the party tomorrow...

Muffin watching, and a Jedi warrior

A couple of photos of recent highlights in the kids lives:


Alicia has recently acquired one of those cool kid-sized comfy chairs. Her most recent use of it was to watch a batch of muffins get baked in the oven. It's up there with watching growing grass and drying paint, but at least it doesn't take as long!










Also, Lucas was absolutely chuffed to get a REAL lightsaber - one that actually lights up. It also makes the cool sound effects, the low-key buzzing, and the "ching" sounds when you hit something with it. It has not left his sight, except to go to school.

Sydney Easter

We had a great time over the Easter break - we flew up to Sydney to say hello to all our friends. A very busy (but fun) time, and of course I forgot to make adequate use of the camera! Here are a few token photos to prove we were at least there...

Stop growing up so darn fast!

A couple of photos to tithe you over until I get our holiday pics sorted.

Lucas, too old and cool for bedtime stories with Mum/Dad, now elects to read his own books in his room until lights out. He's currently devouring his way through the second Harry Potter book. I am NOT looking forward to having to cut him off at the Goblet of Fire...

Alicia helping out on the deck, keeping it nice and oiled!