Sunday, October 27, 2013

~ snippets from the week he turned five ~
















 



It's been a whole festival of turning 5 for Jack this week... and he's loved every minute

1.  Robot cake toppers for the park-day cupcakes on the real birthday

2.  More cupcakes (no toppers) for the kinder class the next day.

3.  Crabapple blossoms from a broken branch over-hanging our fence.  They're so pretty.  I've actually been out looking for one today to put in a perfect space in our front lawn.

4 and 5.  We used air-dry clay for the first time at home this week.  We made loads of little sea-inspired tags to hang on the party boxes.   I'm thinking Christmas ornaments are a must with this - we all loved getting our hands dirty.

6.  Grissini dipped in chocolate and then sprinkles are a firm party favourite around here.

7.  The 5 cake (courtesy of the  AWW cake book of which we are such fans).  I'm not big on that roll-out icing but it turned out ok.  We did get into trouble for sending the cars the wrong way down a street from the car and rule-obsessed birthday boy.

8.  The highlight of the gym party is getting a go in the bungy.

9.  Winning the hurdles at little athletics before the party - check out the tiny hurdles!!

The week ended on a bit of a downer tonight when he fell and cut his chin open.  Luckily we had some steri-strips and a little bit of medical expertise here and avoided a Sunday night trip to ED.  Phew!  First lots of stitches (or steris) we've really ever needed in almost 11 years of parenting.

Linking with Em to share snippets of our lives every week.










13 comments:

  1. Oh Birthday Boy! I hope his spirits weren't dampened! That is one smashing birthday cake! If Sunny were to see it she'd be bookmarking it for her next birthday :) as well as a bungy jumpy thing! I've been thinking Christmas ornaments this week too... I like the look of your clay ones.

    Sophie xo

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    1. Love to see what Sunny does choose Sophie
      I can't think of Christmas yet - 2 more birthdays yet
      x

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  2. That looks like a seriously fun week.. grissini and sprinkles huh? I may steal that one x

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    1. Its definitely steal-worthy! Always a hit
      And semi-healthy :)

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  3. Happy Birthday to your gorgeous boy (love the photo of him in the Post before). Love his cake! The AWW gets a bit of a workout here too. Sorry to hear about his chin but you have done very well to get this far without a major incident. Mel x

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    1. Hmmm...not without major incident Mel - just not stitches
      We've had 2 broken arms (same child!) and 2 admissions to hospital (gastro and asthma)
      But still fairly lucky I reckon :-)

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  4. Great shots of what looks like a very big week. You clearly have the knack for birthday cakes!

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    1. that's very kind but I think I'm just muddling along best I can :-)

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  5. Happy Birthday to your little person...so much colour....and sugar. xxxx

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  6. I love these snippets! I hope we get more party action (you know what a party tart I am!) x

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  7. lovely birthday snippets. hope he had a wonderful time. you have given me some great ideas for the under water theme for Miss three and little fox's fourth and first birthdays coming up. And those tags would make great decorations xx

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