Yesterday we had the little cousins round.. Jack, Bella & Stan and Catherine gatecrashed too. We had a great time, I got lots of cuddles and Lucy got some great presents.
And today was the big event. Lucy was obviously so excited that she got up at 5.30am (aaagh!!) but Amelia wasnt up much later and we got cracking with presents. Her main one was a slide, which is actually twice the size I thought it was going to be .. but actually its better than I thought and she LOVES it! We are going to have very strong arms as she wants to be put on it constantly!! She also got a garage as she is loving cars (geezer!!)
We went to Pizza Express for a birthday lunch. Small nightmare as they had run out of highchairs (and gave them to other people before we got ours..) but it was brilliant. Amelia had her own little meal of doughballs, a pizza, a toffee sundae and a little 'bambachino' which was a cappuchino without the coffee ... she LOVED it .. and was such a good little girl the whole time, watching a group of young girls on a table nearby, all wide eyed! Lucy was a bit of a misery sitting on my lap until the food arrived, and then she embarrassed herself by eating her body weight in pizza .. and , as it was her first birthday, she had some ice cream and took all of 2 seconds to decide she loves it!
We then went to a swimming centre in Maldon we thought had slides and flumes... it turns out that they wernt open and the girls wernt big enough for any of it anyway!! But they loved it, there was a bubble pool we went in and foam toggles to play with. Lucy was a little cold and took a while to get into it .. but then went splashing mad! After, as we were getting dressed, I realised Lucy's vest had managed to get soaked in the bag...so she wore Duncans top home! She sat in a little infant seat while the rest of us got dressed and looked so funny! Amelia then insisted on lying on the infant table to get dressed!
It has been a brilliant day - I cant believe that its been a year since we had her. Its been the best year ever. She is such a wonderful, funny, clever little girl who makes every day a joy. I constantly remind myself how lucky I am to get to cuddle this soft sweet little girl every day..its just going far too quickly.
Amelia-ism of the Day
'Is there more pudding? Was that the starter?'
Amelia, after dinner...as today at lunch she learnt about starters, and was hoping for more pudding - the monkey!
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