My dad and stepmum organised a birthday afternoon tea for me yesterday because they aren't going to be able to come over on my actual birthday (which is 21 May). I'm so excited about my gifts that I just HAD to show them off! My stepmum knows that I have a "cupcake fetish" so she was quite the enabler! I received cupcake-shaped bath fizzes, a cupcake keyring, and a  cupcake belly ring. And ... Read More

We don't work on a set schedule as to which year the kids can have a birthday party with their friends. If we don't plan one where their friends will be invited, we always do an afternoon tea with the family, or offer a "drop in" invitation for icecream and birthday cake. We do of course have birthday parties for the milestone birthdays. But this year will be a little different. ... Read More