Tuesday
Well it had finally arrived, my birthday at last. I'd been counting down since Ned's in April.
I got up early enough so I could open my presents before Dad went to work. I thought that was very good of me. I had some cool stuff too, as well as the new trainers i'd bought myself back in Cornwall at Easter (yes they really did make me wait for them) I had some knee, elbow and wrist pads for my roller skates, a journal, that only opens when I speak my password at it, oh, and a nice new bike:
So no more bumping myself in the chin with my knees any more. I was really pleased with it, especially as I really wanted a black bike! I went to school with my massive I am 7 badge that Mum made sue she got me.
I had gymnastics after school, they gave me the bumps which was cool. What was even cooler was getting my level 3 badge. I didn't even need to do the splits as i'd feared.
I had a bit of a meltdown after lising my swimming hat and goggles during school swimming lessons. Mum said I had to pay for new ones out of my own money.....
I had netball, i've been going for a whole year now.
Once we'd finished our sporting activities and picked Mum up, it was on with the main event, the birthday trip to Pizza Hut.
Once the garlic bread, salad bar and Pizza waere all done, it was time for pud.
Mum and I had a big old cookie dough sharer platter:
And I had an ice cream sundae, because I wanted a sparkler. The trouble was that by the time it got to our table the sparkler had burnt itself out. The waitress managed to find another one and lit it at the table for us!
We went home for a purely ceremonial cake (no one wanted to eat any after Pizza Hut)
My day was nicely rounded off by a video of Darcey singing me happy birthday that Auntie Christine sent us!
Wednesday
There's loads of dogs tethered to the fence theses days outside juniors when we go down to pick Ned up. It's brilliant, I know all their names and have asked all the owners if it's okay to give them some fussing while we wait for Ned to come out.
When we got home I sorted my password out on my journal, it's so cool. It's also got an invisible pen that you can only see with the special little light thats inside it.
It was seriously annoying listening to her repeat the flipping password over and over again.
I took my bike out for it's maiden voyage after tea, although it might be very slightly too big I rode it really well and am looking really comfortable on it already.
Thursday
As if I wasn't having a cool enough week already, it was school trip day as well. We went to Marwell Zoo, so, a pretty good prospect. The coach travel was obviously well exciting as were the animals, particularly the Amur Leopards (my current favourite) and the meerkats. What wasn't so great though was the lack of park or little train action!
Dad and I went to collect Mum's new bike after tea from a collection depot in Thatcham.
We were so excited about it, we've wanted her to get a bike for ages and she finally has.
When the bloke pulled it out of the warehouse it was in the biggest box I think i'd ever seen. The man laughed and suggested we might like to take the bike out of the box before trying to get it in the car, which we duly did. I had to crawl down inside the box to get the lovely basket and pedals out as they were stuck right down the other end.
When they got it home we helped unwrap it and build it up for Mum before she took it out for a spin around the block. She seemd pretty pleased with it....
Although she lacked the excitment of Dad, Ellis and myself.
Friday
My swimming hat and goggles turned up on a chair at school, what a result!
We had Mufti day and I got to look cool in my new birthday trainers.
Cricket club only ran last term, so Dad didn't bother coming to get me after school.
Nah we stayed in the adventure playground.
I was greeted with a 'what are you doing here' comment from him when I made my way up there, caring parenting that is!
We had a barbecue for tea, Andy came to do a little electrical job so he joined us.
And so did Alan eventually, he was at a loose end with Hayley going out. He bought some board games with him too. We played Zombies!!!!! and I was allowed to join in. It was epic, even though it did go on a little bit. It was worth the late night though, I won!
Saturday
We went party shopping in the morning, food, drink, sweets, biscuits and small gifts for a luck dip in the place of party bags.
Yeah, it was a good trip, it went pretty well actually, we got some cool stuff. Especially the giant marshmallows!
In the afternoon it was the school fete, Anne came along too which was nice.
My last one at the infants.
I'm sure we'll find out what day it's on and keep going for a good few years yet though.
There were the usual fun and games on offer.
I won loads on the childs tombola.
I didn't.
Then I won guess how many sweets in the jar (560)
And I had my face painted:
Some of the sweets made my mouth and teeth very blue indeed as you can see above.
Mum had a stint on the adult tombola, that we loved helping her with.
And then Dad did his bit cooking on the barbecue, but just as his stint had started they had a load of undercooked sausages by the previous chef's bought back by unhappy customers. He wasn't impressed that it made it look like he'd undercooked them!
The stall got a little light on helpers so I pitched in, manning the cold drinks station. One of the other ladies asked how my maths was, Dad told her it was better than his....
When we got home I just sort of somehow managed to do the splits! After months of trying, it just sort of happened:
Sunday
Dad and I were up early for a bike ride at Swinley forest. We decided to tackle the blue and then the red trail today. I certainly enjoyed the silence and total stillness of the woods in the early morning sunshine, it was lovely. The ride seemed pretty hard work though, we were both pretty puffed out it has to be said. There were some really good sections on the red trail, I got loose on the downhills and managed to keep it rubber side down, Dad was well impressed my skills. He frightened me with his, he's a maniac if I don't keep him under control, screaming down the hills and doing jumps all over the place, at his age!!!!
I on the other hand had a lovely lazy morning, keeping myself fresh for my party that afternoon.
I had a quick power nap before lunch time.
Then it was a burst of frenzied activity to get everything ready for my party.
Ellis had chosen a good menu, pink wafers, chocolate fingers, crisps, sausages, sausage rolls, sandwiches, pizza, shame she also wanted carrot, cucumber and little tomatoes too.
We made our way to the gymnastics club, met up with Auntie Christine and Auntie Trish who were coming to help and then waited for my friends to arrive before heading into the gym for the warm up:
Then we got stuck into the real stuff:
Dad did a good job rolling my friends around in the big tyre:
Amie and I loved the bouncy tumble track:
Auntie Christine pretty much stole the show with her ribbon floor routine it has to be said.
After an hour of this and with very red faces indeed it was time for food:
And then cake and candles and a good loud singing of happy birthday:
I loved it. Thanks to my Aunties for all the fun and help we really appreciated it.
We went home and I made my way through my sack load of presents and cards.
But sadly there was no Catchphrase to watch as there was some celebrity football match on instead.
Monday
I'm getting seriously excited about the World Cup, it's been a hot topic at school thats for sure.
I've got another wobbly tooth on the go, it isn't quite ready to come out yet though.
We had our last Quad kids training session before the competition at the weekend. We ended it with a serious waterfight, I was soaked!
The weekend had caught up with us, we were both proper tired in the evening.
So it was an early night all round....yawn.
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