Joshua turns 5

Oh my! Five years ago, Mr PB and I welcomed this precious little soul into our lives. Never did we expect that 3 ½ short years later, he’d have a sister and a brother as well. What an exhilarating lifelong journey we began that day.

So, how did Joshie’s 5th birthday begin? Here are a few snaps we took during the great unwrapping yesterday morning on Planet Baby. There were three interested parties.

There was a flurry of excited unwrapping by the birthday boy, supervised by Miss India.

Oh, and some novel use of discarded wrapping paper by Master Sam, to our great amusement.

And now here’s some of his loot. A lot of it is quite retro, the things Mr PB and I played with when we were growing up in Hobart in the 1970s. Some bean bags, Tiddlywinks and a lacing game. Time to practise some hand-eye coordination, perhaps?

And how about these beauties? Marbles (complete with tombolas), a maze book and knuckles. The gorgeous Courtney at A Silver Nutmeg & A Golden Pear made the fabulous drawstring bags with reversible linings.

Hmm, how about a dot-to-dot book, a gorgeous hardback book on Australian animals and a classic German wooden puzzle? Don’t you want to be five again?

Of course, we had to have a dinosaur cake. With sparklers. Oh, and this is only the warm-up cake for his party tomorrow.

And we also had to invite the neighbourhood children around again, just like Halloween a while ago. We had afternoon tea outside and a treasure hunt for golden chocolate coins in the garden. The pièce de résistance was the arrival of Caramello Koala himself! The pixies were so delighted (India stopped crying when she realised it was Mr PB inside) and their friends thought they had a really cool dad. Hmm, the perks of Mr PB working at Cadbury!

After all that excitement, we then had family and friends around this afternoon for more celebrations. Now the pixies are slumbering and Mr PB is baking the cake as I type, ready for Joshie’s party with his whole class tomorrow. Hmm, we don’t seem to do things by halves on Planet Baby! Time for some beauty sleep. Good night!