No Time Like the Present

Birthday bonanza

Originally published 16 July 2016

The good thing about having a birthday in the middle of the year is that I'm never more than a few months away from presents, cake and then more presents. June has turned into birthday month in the Hartlands since my cousin Ben's birthday is just 2 days after mine. Cunningly I often manage to get a present myself even when it is his birthday.

My third birthday started with some pressies in bed. The theme this year seemed to be my favourite TV shows, because I got some Wiggles undies (which I should be able to start wearing soon now that I'm a big boy using the potty), and Bob the Builder would make an appearance later.

Later that morning we had a birthday party at home with all the grandparents. I immediately got into the birthday spirit by asking everyone who came to the door what they had for me. Fortunately they had all brought me things so I didn't have to turn anyone away. I must remember how successful this was when Christmas comes around...

Bob the Builder (the TV series, not Grandpa) is my absolute favourite thing at the moment, so Mummy had made a cool cake with Bob, Scoop, Lofty and the others on it. It was brought out and put on the table with three candles alight. Everyone told me to blow the candles out, so I came closer, going "fffffff"... and that's when it all went a little wrong. My face started to feel very warm and around my eyes began to tingle a bit. When I stepped back hurriedly Mummy npticed that I'd burnt my eyelashes while leaning over to blow out the candles!

 

Next weekend it was part 2 of the birthday bonanza, when we went to our cousin's house for Ben's second birthday. The three older boys played a game of pass the parcel, which was not only fun but also ensured that when I went home later it was another pressie in my hands!

We also raided Jake's toys, and it turns out that he likes dressing up in costumes. So Uncle Dave helped me get dressed up as a pirate and a policeman. It was lots of fun, though after rushing about in my policeman costume I did need to put myself under a-rest for sleep later on.