Out of the mouths of babes …

Yesterday it was our Wedding Anniversary – 12 years – where has the time gone?

Anyway, Miss 6 had been thinking all day about Anniversaries and getting married and how many weddings she’d been to ….. and then she got to making. She loves making gifts and cards for people (who often don’t ever receive them – it’s the process not always the product for her). She worked away for a while and kept saying “Don’t look, this is a surprise for you”

We all went out to dinner and at dinner she presented me with this

badge she had found and written my name on. Turns out she had made one for her Dad too but he’d received his earlier.

I guess it says a lot – on lots of different levels – her generosity, creativeness and loving heart, but on  a much deeper level it speaks to me about the commitment (perfect attendance) needed to achieve 12 years of marriage and that you have to attend, to “be there” everyday – you can’t get this far by just turning up a couple of times a week.

Here’s to another 12 years (and more) of married life and to lots more “Perfect Attendance”

Birthday Cakes

I am busy trawling the internet to find a simple cake design for Miss 5 (who becomes Miss 6 on Friday) Now she is really into dressing up and last year had a princess party so I thought I might try to do a castle this year. She is not having a party this year - much to her disgust! - so I hope a nice cake might placate her somewhat.

One reason she is not getting a party this year is that we have 3 birthdays, a wedding anniversary AND Valentines day in January and February - hot on the heels of Christmas and all the excitement that brings.
Added to that is that my husband is a Leap Day baby so he only gets a party every 4 years and last year was one of those years! And she was 5 last year so got a party as it was a BIG birthday and poor Mister 7 missed out (which he took so well at the time but has been dropping hints for a few months now about his party ... we'll have to see about that - more than one 8 year old running around the house might be too much for this old girl!)

I'll take pictures and let you know.....