Joe turns 2!
Well, Joe is now 2! Can you believe it? Where does the time go.
I took Friday off work to spend with him, as did Ele. He was quite excited as he knows what presents are, and now associates birthday parties with cake and candles. We opened his presents in the morning and he loved them all. Jess then had to go to school unfortunately, but Ele & I took him to Godstone Farm to look at the animals. We went there once before and he enojoyed it then, and he loved it even more now. In the evening we came back and Ele's family came over and we did the whole "happy birthday" thing and had cake. He liked that a lot!
The next day was his party, so we were up late getting the house ready and finishing his cake (Ele had made him a snake cake that looked really good. She was very proud!) and so on. We still had tons to do in the morning as well cleaning, getting food ready, decorating etc. We had a jungle themed party and bought a load of stuff from a website called www.partypieces.co.uk (I think) who managed to deliver the next day (it all arrived on Friday) which makes a change from a lot of companies... the stuff was all really good quality, too. Highly recommended site.
There wasn't loads of people coming, as we'd sent out invitations very late. That was a good thing though, as our house wouldn't have coped with much more. He had a great time with more presents, his snake cake, lots of people to play with and so on. He did have to go for a nap in the middle of it though as he was tired out!
After the party we decided to goto the fireworks display in Carshalton. We hadn't been planning to go so it was a bit last minute and we didn't have tickets. So we met up with my parents at their house (which is about as close as you can park to the park) and we all walked from there. I think there were 16 of us in total. We had to queue and buy tickets so we missed the first few minutes, but the beginning isn't anything special anyway. When we got in they were waiting for us right at the back near the gates. We've never stood there before and actually had a great view. I'd bought my camera and tripod and remote shutter release and managed to get some good shots of the fireworks. Joe loved it though he said afterwards it was "a bit scary". Then we waited for them to light the big bonfire and he liked that, too. He fell asleep in his pushchair on the way home - he had an exhausting and exciting day!
On Sunday we did our usual Tesco shop in the morning, then had to buy Jess some school shoes as hers had fallen apart after 6 weeks. That's what you get for being cheap and only spending £10 I suppose. She knew what she wanted (£50 but you get what you pay for I hope!). We went to Sutton but they didn't have her size, so we went to Croydon. Whilst Ele & Jess were in a shop, I was outside with Joe, rummaging through his bag to find a wipe to wipe his hands with, as he had just finished a banana. Suddenly, something white, bright and smoking landed about a foot to our right. I looked around to see what it was and then a green one landed to our left. I looked up and there was a stupid yob holding a firework tube over the edge of the multi-story carpark in front of us (one of those ones that shoots up red, green and white lights about 30-feet into the air) and aiming at the crowded high street below. A pink one shot out and just missed Jess who was coming out of the shop. I grabbed Joe and pushed him (he was in his pushchair) out of the way of any more. What a complete idiot! I mean, seriously, how stupid do you have to be to think that firing fireworks into a crowded high street full of people, and children and babies, is a fun thing to do? It's lucky nobody was hurt.
Still, overall it was a brilliant weekend and Joe loved every minute of it, which is the main thing.
I took Friday off work to spend with him, as did Ele. He was quite excited as he knows what presents are, and now associates birthday parties with cake and candles. We opened his presents in the morning and he loved them all. Jess then had to go to school unfortunately, but Ele & I took him to Godstone Farm to look at the animals. We went there once before and he enojoyed it then, and he loved it even more now. In the evening we came back and Ele's family came over and we did the whole "happy birthday" thing and had cake. He liked that a lot!
The next day was his party, so we were up late getting the house ready and finishing his cake (Ele had made him a snake cake that looked really good. She was very proud!) and so on. We still had tons to do in the morning as well cleaning, getting food ready, decorating etc. We had a jungle themed party and bought a load of stuff from a website called www.partypieces.co.uk (I think) who managed to deliver the next day (it all arrived on Friday) which makes a change from a lot of companies... the stuff was all really good quality, too. Highly recommended site.
There wasn't loads of people coming, as we'd sent out invitations very late. That was a good thing though, as our house wouldn't have coped with much more. He had a great time with more presents, his snake cake, lots of people to play with and so on. He did have to go for a nap in the middle of it though as he was tired out!
After the party we decided to goto the fireworks display in Carshalton. We hadn't been planning to go so it was a bit last minute and we didn't have tickets. So we met up with my parents at their house (which is about as close as you can park to the park) and we all walked from there. I think there were 16 of us in total. We had to queue and buy tickets so we missed the first few minutes, but the beginning isn't anything special anyway. When we got in they were waiting for us right at the back near the gates. We've never stood there before and actually had a great view. I'd bought my camera and tripod and remote shutter release and managed to get some good shots of the fireworks. Joe loved it though he said afterwards it was "a bit scary". Then we waited for them to light the big bonfire and he liked that, too. He fell asleep in his pushchair on the way home - he had an exhausting and exciting day!
On Sunday we did our usual Tesco shop in the morning, then had to buy Jess some school shoes as hers had fallen apart after 6 weeks. That's what you get for being cheap and only spending £10 I suppose. She knew what she wanted (£50 but you get what you pay for I hope!). We went to Sutton but they didn't have her size, so we went to Croydon. Whilst Ele & Jess were in a shop, I was outside with Joe, rummaging through his bag to find a wipe to wipe his hands with, as he had just finished a banana. Suddenly, something white, bright and smoking landed about a foot to our right. I looked around to see what it was and then a green one landed to our left. I looked up and there was a stupid yob holding a firework tube over the edge of the multi-story carpark in front of us (one of those ones that shoots up red, green and white lights about 30-feet into the air) and aiming at the crowded high street below. A pink one shot out and just missed Jess who was coming out of the shop. I grabbed Joe and pushed him (he was in his pushchair) out of the way of any more. What a complete idiot! I mean, seriously, how stupid do you have to be to think that firing fireworks into a crowded high street full of people, and children and babies, is a fun thing to do? It's lucky nobody was hurt.
Still, overall it was a brilliant weekend and Joe loved every minute of it, which is the main thing.
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