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Books for my birthday, please



So, guess whose birthday is coming up now? It’s mine! On 21 May, I’ll be *cough* 30-something *cough* and for a couple of weeks now I’ve been subtly hinting to DH and the babes what I would like for my birthday. One thing I forgot to mention to them is some new books. I [...]

It WAS a Happy Mothers Day!



I was so spoiled on Mother’s Day yesterday! I got up early and keeping with traditions, I went into the girls’ bedroom early in the morning, jumped on DD15’s bed with all my gifts in my arms and asked “can I open my pressies now??” lol
They all just groaned at me…lol Ha ha! Payback is [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!



G’s pirate party!



*big sigh* The pirates have all gone home now!
Today was G’s pirate birthday party. She and her seven guests ate party food on the pirate ship that DH created! They played cannonball blast, stick the pirate on the island and musical islands. They decorated their own pirate ships. They grabbed the loot from the pinata, [...]

Our birthday traditions



We seem to have a birthday tradition that sorta came about by itself!
Each time it’s someone’s birthday, we all gather on DH and my bed to open gifts. It’s probably because the kids get up at the crack of dawn on their birthdays and are so excited, they’re up before us!
So this morning was no [...]