Happy Birthday Grandma! What a wonderful day to mark the occasion even if the rain didn’t let up for a moment! A day marked by Champagne, Prosecco and cake, just as any good birthday should be.
Whilst she would say that she was lucky to spend her special day with two of her grandkids, I think they are the lucky ones having been spoilt rotten for the last 6 days. Tomorrow will see a return to just the 4 of us in the house and it will be weirdly quiet. Until of course M gets going and then it’ll be as noisy and manic as usual.
Lets get going with the birthday top 5:
1. E was so excited to sing happy birthday to Grandma this morning that she bowled into her room at the crack of dawn. I should have apologised for the early wake up call but I was just relieved she didn’t come in to my bed as normal! Daddy cooked a tasty breakfast, complete with black pudding (M is now a fan!) and we chewed the fat about the hammering rain and how miserable the forecast was all day. So I then decided that sneaking in a 5k was a good idea and of course was soaked before I got to the top of the street. The rain wasn’t too bad, as once you are saturated it can’t get any worse, and the problem was actually the cooked breakfast which shot through my system like Usain Bolt. I’ll need to remember that as I almost ended up doing a Paula Radcliffe on the way home. 😳
2. After I had dried out we headed off to the shops and Grandma wanted to buy the kids an outfit each to mark her birthday. She clearly has the concept of present buying the wrong way round! M donned his dinosaur waterproofs and loved strolling around in the rain showing off to all the shoppers. It was mercifully quiet and us boys weren’t dragged around for too long before the purchases were completed and we could get out of there. E now has a beautiful pair of new unicorn shoes which no doubt she will insist on wearing to holiday club tomorrow. M has a lovely new top which, to be honest, he doesn’t care about as he was far too distracted doing things he shouldn’t be such as sitting down on escalators and trying to break the social distancing signs outside every shop. 👟
3. We decided to take Grandma out for lunch and ended up at Lanchester Garden Centre. It was only the second time we have been out for a meal, and once again it felt very safe and Covid secure. E spent a few more of her points on some additions for her fairy garden, but we’ve suggested she waits until this storm passes before she ventures out to add them. Of course the big decision came at the end of the meal when we all picked a cake to take home with us. A variety of tasty puds accompanied us back to the house with us all commenting they were far too big and we would only have half. Only E was adamant she was starving and wanted to eat the whole of her salted caramel tart. As I write this, each of us has guzzled down the entirety of our cakes, except for E who sensibly only ate half and left the other half for tomorrow. How jealous will we be tomorrow?! 🤤
4. With the continued downpour outside we settled down for a family board game. E selected the sock game (always a favourite) and then Star Performer. One of her tasks in the latter was to say two true things and two false things about the player to her right. That player was me. I was pretty apprehensive about what she would come up with in front of my mother, but I needn’t have worried. She started with the safe “My Daddy is kind” and then “My Daddy is good looking”. I assumed these were the false ones but turns out she has a higher opinion for me than I deserve! The false ones were “My Daddy isn’t handsome” and “My Daddy is a car”. Somewhat unusual but upon reflection I think I should be happy with that! 😊
5. Party food for tea, bath time for the kids and a quick game of Rummikub before bed made for a pretty uneventful evening. It did however finish with the last instalment of Hamilton and I think it’s safe to say that we have another convert. It’s only the second time I’ve watched it, but enjoyed it even more the second time round. I really hope we get the chance to watch it live some time, so long as we don’t have to split it into 3 parts to accommodate Grandma’s bedtime! ⭐️
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