Our biggest baby turned 4 on Saturday and what a fun day we had :)) For the first time since Oliver's first birthday the sun shone and it was a perfect day. We booked a Cars bouncy castle for him which he knew nothing about until it arrived around 8am - far earlier than expected or needed but it did mean that we could have fun using it before his party in the afternoon. We spent the morning opening presents - he got so many things and I can honestly say he loved everything!! The party started at 4pm and all the kids (and some adults!) had a blast just bouncing around!! We had pizza and cake and a pinata so I think everyone had sufficient amounts of junk food ;) Oliver is loving being 4 - he has woken up every day since Saturday asking if he is still 4 and he likes to tell people that he is 4 now. Obviously in his head this is a major turning point!
I had the whole weekend off work so on Sunday afternoon we finally got the chance to take Oliver to see Cars 2. We went as a family and Emily did pretty well - I had to go outside with her after about an hour because she just didn't want to sit anymore but I thought that was good going. Oliver loved the whole movie experience and is excited to go back again sometime.
Now Oliver is spending his time playing with all his new presents. We had to buy some new storage containers as we are running out of floor space (gifts get bigger as the children do apparently!). One day I will blitz the toys again and get rid of a load but I don't want to deprive Emily of the fun! Mind you, at the moment she is happy to play with a few necklaces - put them on, take them off etc etc etc......:) She has really progressed with the stairs and can now come down on her own as well although she often likes to hold a hand to be secure.
Playing with Oliver's mobigo
Ha ha!!! The shot to embarrass at the 18th birthday party ;)
That's her best side of course :)
Where's Emily??
Daddy took his shirt off - Oliver had to do the same!
Celia, Oliver and Wesley at our weekly park playdate - and Nya rushing to get in the picture!
She made it!!
A road nearby opened last week so we went to the opening event. Oliver got his face painted for the first time :)
Eating the groceries!
Eating the groceries!
New scooter
The HUGE bouncy castle
New Hot Wheels CD/Radio!! We bought a Cars CD for Oliver then realised he would want to listen to it all the time so we bought this (rather than him having to play it downstairs all the time) :)
Emily loved the bouncy castle - she went down the slide loads of times and squealed with delight. She is our adrenaline junkie!
There was even a basketball hoop inside!
At the bottom of the slide
Taking a much needed water break
The birthday boy :)
The cake he chose
Emily showing off her favourite "toys"!
