Joshua's Birthday

Joshua celebrated his 8th birthday on the 12th November - who better to remember that than a Mum! Well, because of various reasons, we didn't celebrate it with his friends that daay, but instead, we had a party for him the following Friday.

The following are pictures taken on the day, of Joshua having his birthday tea, opening his presents and having a cake made for that day.






Over the Thursday and Friday, Seba and I made 5 cakes for that weekend, as there were the 2 birthday's (JA's as well) and also the celebration at the Nursery school. This was the Leaver's Assembly, for the children who will leave at the end of the year and go into standard 1 next year, in new schools.

There was much excitement at 3.00pm at our house on Friday 19th November.
Our gate, ready for the party, but we can't take credit for these glorious trees and bushes. Aren't the flowers just great!


Joshua's birthday cake was a Jungle Cake - seen below from 2 angles.


We made some indian hats, with real feathers stuck on the card feather. This was followed by some face painting - for better effect.

End results.
An indian girl at the birthday party - Elisabeth Ekholm - a little Swedish friend of Joshua's.


An indian boy - this one is expressing his emotion - well, how he thinks an indian would look and feel. According to him, he is leader of his tribe! Benjamin.


Alongside the crafting, half the children played football, which allowed us to change later on, so that those who had wanted some exercise were able to get that first, and then come in and be creative.



Joshua was glad to see the cake, as it was one of the cakes he had chosen and asked Mummy to back for him. He said it tasted good too. Three layers of chocolate brownie cake!

By the end of the party the children had played on the playground, made indian hats, played football (those who were interested), hunted for sweets, played 'pass the parcel' and eaten 'till full (or FTB - full to busting!)