She loved it!

We had an early start to the day on Saturday. Someone was very excited and couldn't wait to get up and turn 5. After lovingly patting and sitting on her new bike for positively ages she managed to get the rest of us up and in present mode. I was very happy that she liked her princess and the pea play set and book, phew! We had to read the story and then she went off to play with it for a while. I managed to spread the present giving out a bit and gave her a little parcel every half hour or so in the morning to keep her busy and interested. She got some books and a new moneybox and cute purse and some card/board games to play. Then she had to wait forever til her party.

Thank goodness she has a super cake making nanny! When a castle cake was requested we got out the old women's weekly cake book and also the new one to see what ideas we could find. Luckily there were two castle cakes to pick from and super nanny got to work.

We had a bit of a pink thing going on as it is now her favourite colour so a cheap plastic tablecloth was found and a pretty table runner (in pinks of course) livened things up a bit. We had the amazing cake, tea cup biscuits, pinwheels, lollies and some savoury snacks for the grown ups. And lots of fairies (not to eat, they were on everything). After a play with some little friends and lots of eating everyone was exhausted. We practised riding and hopping on and off the new bike and then relaxed for a while.

The next day we went down to the park for some bike riding and practice using the brakes. There's a nice flattish walkway that is perfect for riding on when you're a little kid. She got the hang of it pretty fast and remembered how to brake when going down a little slope.

Miss fish had a lovely day and I'm getting pretty good at playing kids board games!

Now I have to figure out how to make a mermaid cake for her little sisters birthday......

Bugs Birthday Bash!

Littlest Fish (who is known as Bug) turned 2 on Sunday. After persuading her big sister to let bug open her presents by herself we ventured over to Nanny and Poppy's house for some morning tea. (cheese, gherkins, strawberries, biscuits and some kabana thrown in for good measure. These are all bugs favourites.)

After that we thought a trip to the beach was in order before lunch. It's only 2 minutes down the road so we had plenty of time. The water was so lovely and warm that a swim was a must. It started off as just paddling along the edge then quickly turned into jumping over the "waves" then just became getting wet.

They had lots of fun and were nice and hungry when lunch time came around. And we made sure to leave enough room for some cake. Bug was more interested in playing with the figures on the top so we saved her a piece for later.

So bug had a lovely day and slept very well that night!

Not much has been done around here of a practical nature lately as the most I've managed to do is some Kindy paperwork due to contracting a horrible case of man flu. (it was more than just a normal cold so it must have been man flu)

Hopefully next week will see us back on track with the painting and lining of walls!

Happy Birthday Little Fish!

Littlest fish turned one yesterday and I can't believe a year has gone by already. She has such a great personality already, I can't wait to see how it develops in the next year. She is a ratbag one minute then cute as pie adorable the next. Happy Birthday Little Fish! Hope you have fun being one :)

Happy Birthday Little Fish!

Well, today my oldest little fishie turns 3! I can't believe she is 3 already, the time had passed so quickly. She is no longer my baby but my little girl and 3 just sounds so old!

We ended up having a couple of cakes as we were visiting her nanny and poppy (dad's side) a few days before her birthday and then were home for her actual birthday with other nanny and poppy.

Not that she minded of course, more cake for everyone. She has been very lucky and has received lots of lovely pressies from all who love her and despite being a bit sick with a cold still managed to have a bit of a play.

I have finally finished my stitchery I took on holidays to do and am going to frame it to put in one of the girls rooms. It is a pattern from http://oneredrobin.com/ by the very talanted Johanna and i just love how darn cute it is.

My very clever Mum just finished a quilt she has been making for littlest fishies bed and it is quite adorable. I asked for some pink and green squares of some sort and it has some lovely fairies and mushrooms in it that just scream 'how cute am I' to all who see it. The bunny in the shot was just hanging around feeling a bit neglected after easter so we let him be in the piccie too.