Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Eight

Miss Meg was 8 on Saturday.  We were all prepared for a weekend full of football, 3 matches from early Saturday and probably 2 matches on Sunday.  We had discussed when we would manage to fit in birthday presents amid the rushing and chaos and had settled on a day in Sydney during the week (picked according to the weather forecast, as it happens, very well picked!) and presents most likely Friday night.  As it turned out, we had our day out then all football was called off due to waterlogged pitches.  Result!

Our day in Sydney was based around the Narnia Exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum and Meg's request for Yum Cha.  I had asked for recommendations on facebook and was told Marigold on George Street was the answer.  Having never experienced Yum Cha I did some googling so that I knew what was involved.  It was a great, if not slightly scary, experience!

We'd eaten most of it by this point!


We then had a quick dash to Gap and back to the Powerhouse.  The kids all enjoyed Narnia, Robert insisted on a quick whip around the Wiggles again, then the Lego exhibit before heading out to Darling Harbour where we couldn't drag the kids away from the playground.




Darling Harbour appears to be haunted!








On the way back to the car they were all doing their usual jumping about in fountains when 2 of the boys collided and Jonathan went in, we all laughed, then Meg went in!  We laughed again and then Joseph went in!  I couldn't believe it and couldn't speak for crying with laughter!  Thankfully they were also laughing and not too far from the car to get stripped and cosied up!

When Saturday came around she had requested Lego, which, as you can no doubt tell, is the "in thing" in these parts at the moment, and I was very glad indeed that the Target Toy Sale just happened to coincide and meant I could get both things she had mentioned, from us and on behalf of the "rellies".  Thank you Target!





She did some building, then we had a little Mother-Daughter time at Frankies Place, then friends came for dinner and Sand Castle birthday cake in the evening.  Rachel made flags for the cake and decided on a Saltire for Meg's place of birth, a Tricoleur  for Bastille Day and the Australian flag for our current position.  If there had been room, there would have been a Union Jack.  Niamh was a little disturbed that there was no English flag!  Meg declared it to be the "Best birthday EVER!"











"Happy Birthday to you!"














17 comments:

  1. Ohh Happy Birthday Meg! What a beautiful post. Love the photos Sandra. All that lego is fantastic. Sounds like she had a lovely birthday celebration.
    Had to laugh at your boys ending up in the fountain, so typical, Haha!
    xo

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    1. It really was so funny! Thankfully the timing was ok otherwise it could have been a disastrous day instead!

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  2. What beautiful, happy photos, they really made me smile. I'm sure she had a wonderful day, and no better present than Lego in our house too!

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    1. Thank you! I should post some photos of what they're REALLY like...!

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  3. Happy Birthday Miss Meg! Looks and sounds like you all had fun.
    We've had N's 4yr birthday party this afternoon, I'm now looking forward to after the kids' bedtimes when I can settle down with a large glass of red wine and some birthday cake. Just a little more tidying up needed first though...

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    1. Hope you enjoyed it! After all, you were the one doing all the hard work back then!

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  4. Hi, what a lovely birthday that was, I really enjoyed reading your post and the photos are great.

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    1. Thank you, she's pretty easily pleased so had a great time!

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  5. another fabulous cake! Hope you enjoyed yum cha - our kids love it! Yes we are big into lego here too!
    Happy birthday!

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    1. Thank you! We'll definitely do yum cha again and I will be more relaxed next time!

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  6. Happy birthday Meg!!! It sure looks like the best birthday ever! Nothing like starting the day with some pyjama-lego-building ay. The cake looks fantastic - what a brilliant idea. Glad your lot could find the humour after falling in the fountain - I think mine would cry or sulk!!

    Have a fab week hon,
    Leah
    xx

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    1. One was on the verge of a sulk, but mostly it was all quite hilarious, just glad it was at the end of the day not the start...!

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  7. Happy birthday :) I can see you just got to take your daughter to Denmark, you know Denmark is the " real Legoland ":)

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    1. They would LOVE it! We have been to Legoland Windsor a couple of times and they have plans to go again next time we're in the UK. Definitely Denmark some time!

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  8. The cake...???!!!! I need to know more? My kids saw me reading this post and are arguing about if it is edible!

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    1. Very edible! Just vanilla cake covered in buttercream and crushed up ginger biscuit crumbs - super easy!

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  9. The perfect birthday! Love that cake.
    The Marigold is our very favourite, I'm hungry now - off to stuff my face.
    Carmel

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