Monday: Daddy had the day off so we just did what we usually do on mondays spiced with a bit of fun to mark the occasion. We spent a leisurely morning opening presents at home. Nicholas then had the chance to show off his skills at Little Gym and Playball to Daddy. And, like good old South Africans, we had a birthday feast of ribs and milkshake at the Spur.
Tuesday: Nicholas celebrated with his friends at nursery with his favourite home made banana muffins. Much to my delight there wasn't a morsel left at the end.
Wednesday and Thursday: Baking and preparing for the party was loads of fun too. Nicholas enjoyed playing chef and I got to work on his (non-existant) sweet tooth a bit. He is finally starting to like things like cake, chocolates, smarties and jelly tots. He also loved filling the party bags and we even got to do some arts and crafts.
Friday: The party was a great success because Nicholas had so much fun with 8 of his little friends. We made all sorts of things to go with the rocket theme: the obvious ones were a rocket cake of course, rockets made from icecream cones filled with smarties, rocket biscuits and rocket balloons and the more obscure ones were meatball and cocktail sausage aliens and rocky road from the moon. Besides the general chaos we played pass the parcel and pin the astronaut to the rocket. No party is complete without a bit of dancing. It was so much fun watching the kids jamming to some of Nicholas' favourite songs in front of the telly under the glitter ball having the time of their life.
Saturday: The festivities continued when some of our friends came over to eat cake and snacks (and drink beer and prosecco) while watching rugby. The lucky boy got even more lovely presents. There's no wonder he expected it never to end.
Sunday (and the days that followed): We had to break the news that his birthday was finished and things would return back to normal again. He looked thoughtful for a moment and asked if he can play with all his new things. And that is what we've been doing ever since.
