He is at a pretty adorable age right now, where he is excited about opening presents but not yet demanding. After he'd opened one present he said "mummy open one" thinking that everyone got one, bless him. He's going to have to unlearn that at christmas. He got loads of lovely stuff from our generous friends and family, including many many vehicles. But the one that I enjoyed him opening the most actually cost 1p (plus £2.80 delivery). He'd got this book out of the library weeks ago called "the wheels on the bus at the zoo" which he absolutely loved and has learnt almost off by heart. So I bought it for him, not even a brand new copy, and then we made a big deal about taking the book back to the library and the fact that it wasn't his anymore, then when he opened this book that he knows so well he was overjoyed!
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| Is that the Duplo royal castle set with working cannon...why yes it is. Guess what mummy and Daddy will be doing all day tomorrow. |
Just to give a balanced view though, Percy isn't always 100% adorable. This morning while I was tying up balloons I asked him to bring me a red one, he happily toddled off and brought a red one back, well done top marks you're adorable. Then I made the mistake of saying "can you get me a orange one and a yellow one." He went off picked up an orange one and then attempted to pick up a yellow one as well, but wasn't able to pick up two at once. He made several attempts, always dropping one then falling over and then had a full on tantrum, kicking and screaming all because he was not able to hold 2 balloons at once. Eventually after a bit of time out he managed to calm down.
I really wanted this party to be a success as he spent his first Birthday in hospital with pneumonia, and although he did have a party, he wasn't quite himself and he wasn't old enough to understand the concept of birthdays. Whereas he's known for a few week that it would soon be his birthday so he was excited. He had a teddy bear picnic themed party.
I spent a long time making hats with famous bears on.
We had a few bear themed games and then some bear food made by Dan who I have to say has surpassed himself. Normally I would do the creative stuff (excluding writing or music) basically anything visual but as I was puking all of the previous day Dan was left with the task of being my nurse, butler, cleaner, looking after Percy, doing the shop and making 30 bears driving cars and marshmallow bear things, and decorating the party bags. He was a hero.
My friend Keisha made a fabulous cake!
Percy had a wonderful day he got to have a bit more sugar than normal which he was very happy about. We are fairly strict on sugar (and very hypocritical) I was quite proud when he saw a big tube of milky bar buttons and said "rolling pin". Yeah that's right Percy, thats a rolling pin, there's definitely nothing interesting inside there.
There were a few funny kid comments "when it's your birthday and you have a garden you need to have a bouncy castle" Ben age 4. Sorry to disappoint you Ben.
And to my parents "why haven't you gone home yet?" Abigail age 4
Thanks to everyone who came, and thanks to The Langstons for letting us throw a party in our temporary home. x
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