Freya turns 5!

Freya decided that for her 5th birthday she wanted to go back to Walkabout Creek to visit a pair of sleepy cod whom on a previous visit she had taken a fancy to and named 'Bert & Bob'.  She also wanted to go to Hungry Jacks for dinner.  I was surprised that she didn't request a trip to one of the theme parks or a party however Freya often surprises me with her ideas so that is nothing new!

On the day Freya was excited to learn that friends Tom, Josie and their mum Georgina were going to meet us at Walkabout Creek.  Together we explored the Wildlife Centre, visiting Bert & Bob before heading back up to meet with Nana, Aunty Priya, Abby, Uncle Kenny & Michelle for morning tea.  After morning tea Tom, Josie and Georgina headed home and the rest of us went for a little bushwalk.  After all that walking a milkshake was in order when we returned!

Later that afternoon following a trip to Nana & Pop's we finally got around to having Freya's birthday cake... a dismal attempt by me at a Bert & Bob cake!  Freya was most gracious and told us that 'even though it didn't look the best, it tasted wonderful'.   Freya's friend Liva came over for the cake and so it was lovely that a different parts of the day she got to see her two best friends - Liva and Tom.

Finally it was time for dinner at Hungry Jacks with the birthday voucher Freya had received in the mail.   Freya bought her new baby doll 'Isabelle' with her which was one of her favourite presents from the day.

Besties

Earlier this year Liva moved in down the back.  These days they spend many hours in one another's company and it is beautiful to watch their friendship grow.  I love that Freya has a little friend as a neighbour now... it's something that I always had as a child and I'm so happy that they can just hop the fence to one another now.

Toby's Arty Party

We went to Toby's 'Arty Party' today and what an amazing party it was!  Mel and John had organised lots of different activity stations for the children including a trough of slimy goo, bead bracelet making, drawing, dressups and more.  Cousin Keily was at the party too and the kids had an absolute blast!  Freya discovered the joy of cheezel fingers (which I used to love doing as a kid) and Eli found joy in a marshmallow with a freckle on a stick!  Freya and Eli were both very impressed with Toby's green dragon cake.   

My little boy turns 2

My beautiful boy turned two today and we had a sausage sizzle and cake with family and friends to celebrate.  Eli LOVES cars.  He likes to talk about them 'car, car keys!'  He likes to play with them and he loves to be in them.  So it was only natural that his cake should of course be a car.   His party favours were a small collection of his favourite things... a matchbox car, a freddo frog and a lollypop.  He also loves popcorn and often drags the popcorn maker out himself and pushes it at whomever he thinks might make it for him so his party favour bags were little paper popcorn bags.

At the end of the day Freya remembered that she had wanted to give Eli a special gift.  When she turned two her Nana had given her a number 2 fridge magnet.  Freya doesn't often part with items easily but she resolutely informed me that since she was no longer two and Eli was that she should give it to him.  So she wrapped it up and made my heart swell as she tried to hand it over to her little brother... her little brother who was by that stage very overtired and didn't want a bar of it!  But with a little time he opened it.  I felt so relieved that he eventually provided Freya with with a happy smile for her little gift before he promptly popped it in his new toy pot and cooked it!