Happy Nearly 5th Birthday

Today we went to Leah's 5th birthday party. Her birthday isn't until the 15th but she's going down to her grandparents in Wales and her party was today. It was held at Manic Monsters, which I hadn't heard of before. The party was quite well organised and the venue spacious and not too busy. Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to take any photos of the children playing (in case other parents complained - how sad that it's got to the stage where you can't even take photos of your own child {or your friend's, when asked} in a public place!) Anyway, I won't get on to that one and instead will share a few photos from the party room where the children had their food. Again, because I haven't got permission from other parents whose children were at the party, I will only post photos of friends and their children.

My friends Carol and Alison (Leah's mum) Carol with daughter Emma Claire and Emma Elliott (Carol's son) & Jake (Alison's son) Jake, Emily and Elliott (with Carol in the background) "boogy" to the children's CD Time for the birthday cake and the birthday girl! Not often Leah is shy Blowing out the candles

We went back to Alison and Marc's after the party for a cup of tea and to watch Leah open her birthday presents. Amazing how quickly children can get though opening so many presents ;o)

xx