April always feels a lot like Christmas in our house. With two birthdays in succession to celebrate, everytime there is a knock on the door and it's the postman with a parcel, the excitement and anticipation from the kids builds just like it does in December.
We had decided early on that this year we wouldn't do big birthday parties with all their friends. Last years effort was enough to put us off and take a break for a year. Instead we told the kids on their birthday it would be a special day all about them and they could do and eat whatever they wanted for their day. As their birthdays this year fell on weekdays, we also said on the weekend we'd take them to a cupcake cafe and they could pick a birthday cupcake of any flavour and have a milkshake.
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| Milly's special birthday breakfast request - butter on toast. |
Milly's birthday morning started, naturally, with opening her presents. This is a tricky part of the day. While we are all excited for Milly and she is excited too, poor Henry gets teary and pouts through the present opening ceremony, upset that he has to wait a day for his presents. Milly was really sweet and considerate and asked him if he'd like to open one of her presents. She even let Buster open a present too. Milly likes to take her time opening her presents and carefully looks at each one and talks about it before moving onto the next.
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| After compiling a birthday list of almost 20 items (mainly all different Barbie dolls), the night before her birthday she said "what I really want for my birthday is a pink unicorn". Glad we got that right. |
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| A postal delivery brings more presents. I think the smile says it all. |
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| The special request of nori rolls for her birthday dinner... |
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| ... and a chocolate bavarian cake for her birthday dessert. |
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