Happy 9th Birthday Precious !!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful, beautiful 9 year old !! The last year of single figures !!!

Usually we wait to give the kids their presents until Sandy is home in the afternoon but there was one that I thought would be ok to give her before school.

Good Morning 9 year old !!

First present - Tickets to see Mary Poppins at the Capitol Theatre !!

C was so excited to get these tickets. She has been harping for weeks to see this production !! Next stop was school and more presents !!

Squnikies - the latest coolest toy from cousins Dan, Bri and Beth

More Squnikies, thanks guys.

After school time for the family presents !! C was very surprised when she discovered presents from Grandma who is in America. Grandma had told her that she would get something when she came back.

Grandma's Zhu Zhu pet present. Thanks Grandma !!

So for dinner C wanted to head to McDonalds where we met up with Nan, Aunty Terri and Samantha. More presents !!!

Back to Nan's after dinner for the yearly height check. Each year both girls are measured on Nan's garage wall. This year we came in at
137.5 cm, 4.5 cm taller than last year.

Now time for cake !!! My favourite part. Don't knock it till you try it. It may not look the best but it tasted great !!

Happy Birthday big sister !!

So for her birthday C asked if she could take 2 friends to the bowling alley, so on Saturday that's just what we did. We had to have 2 seperate games 1 for each friend but it worked out better in the end in that she could concentrate on one at a time. First game was with Shania along with E, me and Sandy.

Next cab off the rank was Kate.

After bowling the girls raced each other around the track.

E had some fun too racing the cars !!

To top off C's birthday was our trip to see Mary Poppins the Musical in Sydney. It was a fantastic show and would definately see it again should it return to Sydney. Although next time we may drive to Sydney after our hellish adventure getting there by train. What should have been a 1 hour 20 min journey turned into a 3 hour ordeal. but in the end we were there on time and had a great day.

The birthday loot. Not to bad going hey !!

So much was packed into those few days and I am sure that C enjoyed every bit of it.

Now the countdown is on in 4 weeks for Christmas !! and with Grandma's return from the U.S I am sure there will be some extra presents for us all. My only problem now will be is where to put it all !!