Happy 7th Birthday Bean

Today was all about Bean aka Isaac. Even Pumpkin vowed to not upset him on his birthday and he was super kind to his brother all day. Bean was super kind back and it made a lovely vibe.

Bean was born in the early hours of the morning seven years ago (read his birth story here) and we have been in love with him ever since. He loves lego and minecraft and friends and family, he also likes daddy reading him stories and play fighting with his siblings. He is interested in castles and old houses and likes gymnastics and riding his bike and going to the park.

He has a very keen sense of right and wrong and enjoys the expertise of others, i think he likes the idea that there is a right way to do something e.g. a gymnastics move, and this person can tell/show you how to do it the correct way. He likes things to be in order and tidy and have a definite place for everything (toys in his bed all have their designated spot.) He has an amazing memory and his auditory skills have always been pretty amazing for a young one. His favourite music cd's to listen to are Colin Buckanan.

His choice of party celebration this year was to invite friends and family for a traditional birthday party. Actually, he asked for afternoon tea and balloons. No requested theme as in previous years. He invited 8 families to his party, including grandma and pops, fa#1 and fa#3 (fa#2 had to work-boo,) this equated to 17 children and 14 adults ages ranging from 0-12 years amongst the children plus two bumps.

Bean's plans included:

Ham sandwiches in squares with no crusts.
Marshmallow chocolate cake.
Cupcakes.
Sausage rolls
Party rings
lemonade

And for the games: 

Pass the parcel
Pin the tail on the donkey
Mask making
cake decorating

We expanded on the balloon idea and used these as our primary decoration, supplied a broader range of food items and put out some toys to cater for the wide age range. The sun came out long enough for the garden to be used and a large selection of the children went out to play football for almost the whole time.

And then our friends and family arrived. One brought music and helped do crafty things, one brought her face paints, and my family turned out to be kitchen fairies and general helper/tidier uppers in disguise. 

Bean's presents included a lot of lego, beginning with Pumpkin's choice of gift: a teenage mutant hero turtle set (which Bean loved) so we topped and tailed our day with some lego model building and there's still plenty more to do. The family bought him his own tablet inc cover from Plum and minecraft already downloaded!