Birthday Parcels

Leah's had a birthmonth rather than a birthday - mainly because she had a party with Sam 2 weeks before her actual birthday! It seems to have lasted forever! She slept over at Grandmas the night before her birthday (and had McDonalds at 11.15pm apparently!) and then on her birthday morning, they went shopping for birthday shoes (she's a brave Grandma!).

We met them at the £1 cinema (we splashed out for her birthday!) to watch The Bee Movie. I would tell you what the film was about, but when I watched Delores sleep through the first half, I took it as permission to sleep through the second half! I woke up to see everyone leaving the cinema! Liam and Delores were SO smug - apparently there'd been talk of leaving me there!

Liam liked the bit at the end of the film where the mosquito fulfilled his life long dream of becoming a lawyer - after all he had always been a blood-sucking parasite! Every dog knows his own!

Leah has particularly enjoyed the birthday parcels she received - actually we all did!

We missed a parcel from Great Grandma on Saturday, so went to collect it from the post office on Monday. Leah clutched the little receipt on the way to pick up Sam and Megan from school and then stood on her tiptoes at the post office to exchange it for the parcel.

I thought she would want to open it there and then, but she tucked it under her arm and marched home!

She was thrilled to find loads of little bits and bobs - stickers, colouring, stamping, hair clips - all the things Great Grandma knows she loves.

Sam definitely had parcel envy! Explaining to a six year old that he had his day last month doesn't really help! Life's tough! I think he managed to negotiate a few stickers from her - enough to pacify!

She got a parcel from Auntie Barbara too - a beautiful dress - Leah told me she's saving it for the weekend so there's no sneaky peaks! She loves her clothes!