I was very good, I nearly gave DH the best birthday present ever 11 years ago. However, i only laboured, delivering the following day, so now his birthday is always swallowed by prep for SB’s. Still, I tried 
. This year he gets closer and closer to the next decade… [perilously close you might say 
] and got lots of cards from family. BB gave him an oil painting of daffodils [done by herself] SB was going to give him a book of vouchers to be redeemed, all with tasks for her to do for him. she took loads of great photos of the sylvanians doing these tasks, but because he saw the photos on the camera, instead gave him a home made owl. Although he loved the owl, i have a sneaking suspicion he would have loved the redeemable vouchers too I gave him carcasonne, a game we have eyed up lots but somehow never owned. Ideal in the quick game for casual game players. He was happy
Next day was SB’s birthday, up, opened presents and she was v happy with what she got, including a new quieter ‘trick’ scooter [hopes not a bone breaker!] and a fair number of books. birthday lunch of pancakes always good to be healthy does maple syrup count towards 5 a day?? we took the scooter out for a trial at the nearly always completely empty carpark around the corner, and she and bB had a great time scootering before returning home. She had Big from liveotherwise coming to go out with her to watch a film and met P and S from le ciel rouge there. She had a max guest number, and she found it v hard as there were at least 3 more ppl she would have loved to come too, however, they either had siblings she felt bad about not choosing too, or else weren’t good with scary films, and she was initially planning war horse. Hard choices! but she had a fab time with her 3 chosen friends, in the end they saw journey 2 to the island, which they all seemed to love, and had popcorn and fizzy drinks and went in without adults home to a dominos pizza tea with extras, icecream and cake. initially the plan had been a meal out [which is why restricted numbers] but at the last minute, the devastation of bb of not sharing sb’s birthday treat meant sb changed to birthday tea at home so she could join in. I was happy about that too BB played with small, i chatted to Jax and also entertained SOA whilst the big girls where at the theatre.
so all in all a fab birthday obviously jax stayed over until lunch the next day = great to catch up. Next time we meet she might have a baby! [that would be great!!] DH’s parents came over for the afternoon and evening – played carcasonne and had more presents
otherwise bits missed out in the week include arts award – learning about watercolours, and fab work done. SB can now officially sign up for the bronze award, so we should do that. guides, where sb made loads of cakes to take, and actually really seemed to have enjoyed it, BB’s gym and they bailed out of multisport due to sb foot still hurting. lots of piano practice