The Birthday Day

4.45 am my day started yesterday, and yes im aware it was far to early. I blame Eilidh really as she was the first to wake . She was in the cot chatting to herself, she was loud but happy.
This is not to unusual and happens at least a few times a week , what was unusual was that it woke Rebecca who jumped straight out of bed. Im guessing she was excited about turning the big 3.

We woke up Craig and the two of us sat around while the girls started opening presents, i say girls as of course Eilidh was not about to leave it all to her sister. Thankfully Rebecca did not mind.
They opened the presents quickly, and spent the rest of the morning playing with the gifts and balloons (while of course DH went back to bed).

After the normal morning routines we headed out to Kelvingrove Park to let the girls play about. We visit every year around Rebecca’s birthday as its just next to the hospital she had/has her surgery in . During her first operation we went there and talked about how great it would be taken Rebecca there one day, so we do each year i guess to remind ourselves how far she has come. Thankfully they both napped on the way there so had a wonderful time playing, even if we did spend the whole time just at the playpark.

When we finally dragged them away we made a quick shop for some party food and went home to get ready for her tea party. For various reasons this year we choose not to have a big birthday party for her, instead opting for a small family only tea party. We put on a buffet and invited the grandparents and aunt/uncle and of course Courtney. She done so well on the clothes front (which was what we asked for) , my little fashion lover was more than thrilled by them all and did not find them at all boring as her gran worried she would. She did get a few toys of course including Barbie Trike , Colour Wonder Paint Set (Both from us) and a playdoh set and boom box.

It went very well and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, poor Eilidh was a little overwhelmed though and i think confused with having both Nana and Gran in the same room . I really was a lovely evening though and i think we may just do the same for Eilidhs birthday, once we have the house and the space i would love to invite more people but for the moment this is perfect.

As you can imagine once everyone left the kids had a quick bath and fell straight asleep, Craig and i spent the night playing Monopoly and talking about how amazing our kids were.