I can be your hero

If you could ask for anything for your birthday, what would it be? We asked Pumpkin what he would like to do and he only had two ideas. We fully expected to be organising a children's party, like he had last year (which is always a challenge during the winter months) but instead he requested that we all go out for the day as a family dressed as superheroes, so that's exactly what we did.

Daddy went dressed as Batman, mummy as Superwoman and the boys wearing their Spiderman outfits. We spent the day at Fisher's Farm and had a thoroughly fantastic time. Pumpkin and Plum rode the ponies twice each and rode the merry-go-round constantly for half an hour. We went on the tractor ride and flew down the tabogan. We spent ages testing out the new slides, the long bumpy one being the biggest hit with all three smalls and Pumpkin exclaiming 'that was awesome' at the bottom of the twirly slide. He also mentioned how the slide made his hair beautiful by blowing it out behind him. Plum particularly enjoyed all the beautiful features in the sensory room.

Pumpkin's second request was a party tea with sausages, chicken, olives, party rings, jelly and ice cream with a flower birthday cake. 

How fortunate we are that we were able to meet his birthday requests and make one little boy extremely happy. Scrap that. We made several children extremely happy today including one little girl who told me that i couldn't wear my costume because it was for a man, and i told her that girls could be super too 'really?' she asked, 'yes!' i said, 'WOW!' and of she went grinning. 

Pumpkin is five today. Five years ago we had no idea what this small being would bring to our lives, last year i wrote his birth story here, how small is Bean?) I did know from the outset that he was different from his big brother. How you know these things when they are so tiny is a mystery but we sure were right! Asher Matthew Timothy is energetic and wild but also contemplative and introspective. He loves to laugh and bounce and enjoys Mr Bean and Justin Fletcher and any humour to do with poo and bottoms! He loves playing outdoors when it's warm, and slides that go fast and rollercoasters. He likes it when the tide splashes in at his feet, so he can run away. He loves his mummy most in the whole wide world and today told us that he is going to marry Plum. He loves his family best. 

Pumpkin loves lego and butterflies and mushrooms (not to eat) and flowers and trees. He's interested in robots and remote controlled items. He eats about six apples a day and two bananas, he loves olives and cucumber and carrots but mostly he likes meat and pudding!

For his fifth birthday we bought him a Kindle Fire.