Birthday week

I was introduced to the concept of "birthday week" by a friend (thanks Sarah) who believed that birthdays should be celebrated over an entire week (or even a fortnight) if they are to be done properly. Alice turned eight on Thursday and she has had a big week. On Sunday, she and Felicity competed in a fun run. On Monday and Tuesday, she went to her first school camp at Jurong Bird Camp. I don't really know what happened there as Alice was telling the stories but she appeared to have a great time. We knew if we gave her presents on Thursday morning it would be difficult to stop the excitement and head off to school, so we celebrated Wednesday night with a donut cake and all the presents from the family and the extended family. Thank you to everyone who sent presents -Alice was thrilled with the variety. On Thursday she gave out treats at schools, we went out to dinner at a restaurant and she was also visited by several of our Condo friends with gifts and had a few calls on Skype which made her feel very special. Yesterday was her party and we celebrated with breakfast at the zoo with some of her school friends and favourite neighbours. We gave her rollerblades and an inflatable boat for her birthday which have been put to good use (Buckley is a bit of an old sea dog by now as the kids take it in turns to give him a tour of the pool - he is most obliging). Today we went to East Coast park to try out the rollerblades. So that's the week, and now I need a week to recover!