Today Ryan turns 9! Ryan has been counting down the days until his birthday for about 2 months now. Because his birthday fell on a weekday and close to the start of the school holidays, we have decided to have his party during the school holidays. I will write another more detailed article about his party once we have it. In the meantime, we hope you have a wonderful day Ryan, and enjoy turning 9, the last year of single…
This weekend we celebrated Emma’s 11th birthday. On Saturday we had a party at Milne Bay, where she invited a few of her friends for a swim. After the party, Emma had 4 friends stay over the night. They camped out in the front yard in a tent. Ryan managed to escape to one of his friends’ house for a sleepover, so the testosterone levels were a little low in the house that night. We hope you had a wonderful…
Today Declan turned 17! It warms both of our hearts to see that he has grown into the kind and responsible young man he is today. Yesterday afternoon Darren and Lorraine came around for some cake and to wish Declan a happy birthday. We “virtually” gave Declan his birthday present, which is a new iPhone, which he’ll get to pick up in a few weeks when all the house stuff settles. He still needs to work more on smiling in…
Well this year it likely to be a memorable year for us, and especially Ryan, as it will be remembered as the year that the Coronavirus pandemic cancelled his birthday party. While we are not trying to focus on the impacts of this pandemic, it has made it hard to do the simplest of things, like having a birthday party. Even though we weren’t able to celebrate Ryan’s birthday the way we had intended to, we still had a great…
Today was a big birthday for Emma as she is now into double digits! The big one, zero. Well, truth be told, I might have made a bit more of it than she did. The realisation that your child is growing up, and doing so so quickly, is one that I imagine most parents go through. Similarly, like me, they probably wish they could both slow time down a bit, but are also excited to watch their child grow into…
Today I surprised Belinda for her birthday with dinner at the Westbrook Tavern. It was all thanks (mostly) to the help of her best friend Kate, who suggested and booked the venue, organised people to attend and made the delicious birthday cake. I just took care of the rest! Even though a few of Belinda’s friends unfortunately couldn’t attend, it was a fun night out. The kids enjoyed playing and running around. We pretty much had the whole place to…
Emma turns 9 today! We had the usual opening of the presents at the crack of dawn. It was pretty good this year as we were already awake due to Belinda getting up to go to Parkrun. Here is a short video of Emma opening her presents. Excuse the Dad humour (it was early). We then headed down to Highfields Pool for her birthday party. The pool was a pretty good location for the party. The kids enjoyed themselves in…
Today is Ben's 12th birthday and I didn't think it would affect me as much as it has.
Today is not only Ryan’s 6th birthday, but we are also on our way to New Zealand for the next two weeks. This year we had to have Ryan’s birthday party a whole week earlier. Ryan didn’t seem too bothered by the fact that he could open his presents and party with his friends a week earlier! Here are some photos of Ryan’s 6th birthday party, as well as on his birthday at the Airport.
Emma has travelled approximately 7.52 billion kilometers through space on this big rock we call Earth. Yes, you guessed it, it is Emma’s 8th Birthday today. Emma’s birthday fell on a Friday this year and so her birthday party was the next day. Belinda made another awesome cake creation. I was very impressed with the way the cake turned out, especially the way the m&m’s packet appeared to be pouring onto the cake by itself. Below are some photos of…