Lots of activity this week with Dad hitting another milestone birthday. We went out to a cafe near home, with the kids crowding in on either side of Dad for a hasty breakfast.
On Saturday there was a cafe crawl. The kids lasted for one cafe (this was by design) then went home with Mum for prep for a bigger celebration.
The kids were in charge of putting lollies on a big table. We had invited a number of friends that Dad hadn’t seen for many years, and their kids. It was a bit sad not to be able to invite even more people, but sadly there was only so much room. Out of all of Dad’s friends, some still had kids about the same age as Huff and Puff, so they had some friends to run around with.
Most challenging perhaps was the jump-between-inflatable-islands challenge, which was easier for smaller people than bigger people.
Huff managed to find a place almost entirely to herself. Her favourite things were the slides – she took Dad around to all of them.
The next day was Mother’s Day. Mum achieved a little bit of the sleep-in she was hoping for, and then we hit the road to visit both grandmothers. Here are 3 generations of girls in one photo.
And here is one branch of the family tree in one photo.
And Puff had a big day today, between violin practice, his first standardised test, and becoming a member of SWAG. He was very happy with how the day panned out.
Huff – who went to bed a bit earlier – offered to pray on Puff’s behalf, mostly wanting to be thankful for the test, but remembering the swag event (that she had just witnessed) with only minor prompting.
A birthday is an excellent opportunity to be grateful, and there’s much to be grateful for.