When people ask me how old my son is these days, I have to take a moment to think before responding. I often absent-mindedly reply, "Three." But his birthday celebrations over the last weekend most definitely makes him FOUR!!! He's such a big boy now, saying big boy things, playing with big boy toys, and reading by himself. He loves helping with Mae and "watching" her as she potters around.
For his birthday party this year, the colour theme was purple; his current obssession. He loves everything purple, and we really tried to feature the colour in as many ways as possible. I baked chocolate cupcakes with purple frosting, blew up many purple balloons, us, our relatives and his friends and their parents all came purple-y dressed (thank you so much, guys), a purple triceratops stood proudly on his birthday cake, the kids' goodie bags held purple candy, chocolates and Kisses, and there was purple jelly and Ribena for the kids.
I think the kids had a great time being kids, mucking around and running free out on the lawn, which my hubby and I enjoyed watching. Thanks to everyone who came, and who helped out minding the kids. Till next year!
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| As per Chubbs' request, chocolate cupcakes with purple frosting and sprinkles. |
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| Sharing the bop bag with Nicky. |
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| Kids run wild. |
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| A family pic with tonnes of kids. |
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| He designed his cake. "Chocolate cake with purple triceratops, and red stegosaurus, facing each other." |
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| Serving the 4-kg cake. |
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| He likes this part. |
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| The little one. |
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| Playing with bestie, Charlene. |
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| She had loads of fun too. |
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| Bop bags were the stars of the day. |
