Day 86 - Day out at Legoland

Hubby had taken the day off work so off we went to Legoland with the girls for my birthday.  One of my presents was an annual pass so I can take the girls there more often.  We had such a lovely day – Jessica enjoyed the play area in Duplo Valley and enjoying going on a boat at Boating School with Daddy.  We got to watch the pirate show (and admire the stunt diving), took a boat ride around Fairytale Brook, rode the Duplo Train and watched a puppet show before taking the hill train back up to the park exit.

Day 85 - Presents and cards

There is a little pile of birthday cards and a couple of presents on the dining room table ready and waiting for tomorrow morning when I get to open them.  I love birthdays!  I don’t tend to get hung up on my age – it’s just a number and as my dad used to say ‘getting older is better than the alternative’.  It’s a blessing to be alive after all (although I must confess I’m wallowing a little bit in those last moments of being able to say I’m in my ‘early’ thirties!)  Looking forward to a lovely family day tomorrow.

Jessica's 2nd birthday party

We have had a lovely family birthday party for Jessica today at Grandma and Grandad’s house (they have a very big garden which has been fantastic for all the children to be able to run around in). We had a bouncy castle which the children absolutely loved and as usual I ended up doing enough food to feed the five thousand. Jessica enjoyed seeing the family and playing with her cousins and has had another lovely day. We still have lots more presents for her to open so her birthday celebrations will continue to last for a few more days!

Jessica's 2nd birthday

Jessica has had such a lovely second birthday – she enjoyed opening her presents and cards, playing with her new toys, seeing her birthday card being read out on CBeebies (although I think Mummy was more excited about that one!) and all the visitors who dropped by. We had a little tea party in the afternoon with one of her friends from the baby signing class who is a couple of months younger than Jessica which was great fun. Jessica loved her In The Night Garden birthday cake and was very quick to pull the figures off and start eating them!

Space birthdays

I discovered this site via a friend's blog and it appeals to the geeky side of my nature. I seem to have very recently celebrated a significant birthday on Mercury (140 – I think I look quite good for my age!) and have another milestone birthday coming up on Mars - my 18th - on 16th March. Which rather conveniently happens to fall on a Saturday. Would it really be very geeky of me to have an 18th Martian birthday party and invite my friends to come dressed up as aliens? I'm sure I could find an alien costume for Jessica...