Mummascribbles – The big three! – Mummascribbles

Today was Zach’s third birthday. I wrote a little letter to him last night which mentioned how excited he was about this birthday and that it was the first time that he has been. When we woke this morning he had initially forgotten what lay ahead – that was until we wished him a happy birthday and at 6.30 am we were being dragged downstairs to open his presents. We were bleary eyed (especially after he was up twice in the night) but of course, we were just as excited as he was.

I’d already popped a bunch of balloons up along with some banners and he was very happy when he saw them. Then we walked in the front room and he was a very happy boy when he saw his presents!

We have discovered that he’s still not bothered about opening cards so it was straight in for the presents. I just love watching him open his presents but this year, rather than just go from present to present, each one had to be unwrapped, opened, looked at and figured out before he’d move onto the next one! It was a much lengthier process! We went for a little mixture this year of some train fun with an addition to his BigJigs railway that he got last year, a Thomas Take and Play that’s also an addition to what he got last year and some imaginative toys – a doctors set and a post office. He was excited about every single one of them so it was an absolute success!

Once presents happened, it was all systems go to get the cake decorated! I’d baked it on Friday night knowing that it would take me a while to decorate! It was a damn good thing that I did that else it would have never been ready today! We had a dinosaur theme this year and so here is the dinosaur chocolate cake! I was so proud of it as there were a few moments where I really wondered if I could pull it off.

Owing to the stress and length of said decorating, when Zach’s grandparents turned up at half twelve, I was still in my pyjamas, not showered and covered in various shades of icing! The kitchen was absolutely filthy and there was washing up everywhere! Thankfully my mum had come to watch Zach from about 11.30 so at least the other half was showered!

I then spent even longer in my pyjamas while Zach opened his present from his nanny and grandad – another Thomas Take and Play set to add to what we had bought! It’s pretty epic!

It was at that point I managed to have a shower before anyone else turned up!

The rest of the afternoon featured food, drink, presents (some fab play-doh sets), more presents (on Sunday it’s both my sister and my nephew’s birthday!), even more presents and a lot of fun. There was so much laughter coming from the kids and lots of chatter from the adults and it was so lovely to have all the family together celebrating our little man’s birthday! He was such a lucky boy too, my mum, sister and nephew put their ideas together and he now has his very own market stall! It’s ruddy amazing!

And then of course the cake was served and unlike last year, we remembered to take a photo of the candle blowing!

After some more play, some more chatter and lots more fun, it was time for people to start heading off and leaving us to get Zach to bed for what I reckon will be some amazing dreams tonight! And tomorrow, we have no plans…except to spend all day at home playing with all his amazing new things.

He had such a fantastic birthday. I can’t believe it’s over and I still can’t believe he is three!