So after a couple of promptings (and because I finally have some time un-interrupted - D's at a playgroup) I decided it couldn't be that hard to jot out a blog - but about what? The first thing that comes to mind is David's 1st Birthday Party. I made it easy (for me). 8 adults, at a restaurant where we had a table in the garden, no mess and fuss. My sister brought her 3 kids, so that made up the kid-quota. But I did actually spend a lot more than I thought possible for a birthday one isn't hosting at home. Balloons, flowers, table decor, cake ingredients, icing. I only decided on the cake theme about 2 days before when I found these cute green caterpillars on their own mini chocolate cake, at the chocolate shop in Benmore. I knew it had to be chocolate - and the rest was a blank. Flower Spot in Woodmead does the helium balloons. They only just squeezed into the car and I couldn't see a thing out the back. We got home exhausted, all the noise is too much. There were lots of other birthdays and gatherings there too. Yes, we're boring, and I feel about eighty years old too
