This weekend was Henry’s seventh birthday, and it has been a busy one! Henry got us all up early to open his presents- highlights being a plunger (this was top of his list), a “golden ticket” to visit Cadbury’s World and a part built cycle speedway bike (bike check post coming soon). In my defence the lead up to Henry’s birthday has been incredibly busy, because we wanted to get his bedroom finished before his birthday, which we managed with a few days to spare – although we still need to move his wardrobe and all his stuff in.

What Henry had been most excited about was his party at the local trampoline park – I drew the short straw, and was sent in to bounce with the kids and keep an eye on my three-year-old niece. The party went well, there were no serious injuries and all of the children seemed to have a good time. I took my niece for her first ride in the MR2 Roadster, she seemed to enjoy it, bur fell asleep before we got home. In the afternoon we had the extended family round for a second party. The is the first time we have had everyone round to the new house at the same time, and it went well. It was nice to see both nieces and Henry all playing together nicely. Jen made a lovely birthday cake, with crushed Oreo icing. We also had more guests in the evening, so it was a tiring day for everyone.

Today, we visited Cadbury’s World – it had been on our plans for a while, but Henry has been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so we thought we would build on that and treat him to a day out. The homemade “golden tickets” we made for him to unwrap also went down well. Jen and I had both been to Cadbury’s World many years ago, but I did not remember much of it. We had a good day out, being with the boys definitely added to the fun – it all seemed to be well managed (with the exception of one ride that was closed0, with a balance of learning and action, without too much hanging around. Of course we ate plenty of chocolate, and visited the gift shop!