Happy Birthday!! and a STB

It so hard to imagine that 8 years ago yesterday... this little man was born... freaky looking alien who was purple, yellow, black and red...and squeaky....and very sick....

Now I have a gorgeous 8 year old... who got cuter and cuter.

Love the expression on both these little faces when he opened his present that he has been waiting for since January... when we ordered it together from ebay {gotta love ebay..}

yeah ... think he is happy!!

this little man plans his birthdays for an entire year ...list writing, maps and plans are all drawn up to make sure it goes off without a hitch... this year we had a map of where to hide all his presents around the house so it could be like a treasure hunt for him.

Cake designs are drawn and labelled right down to the last lolly decoration ... scrapped and re done, even the invitations are chosen .. friends come and go so these are also changed regularly ... all the little details are covered right down to the lolly bags... and the "present list" of course is stuck up on the hall stand next to the phone - in case anyone wants to know what he may like.(hee hee)

Tomorrow is the big play centre party ... 10 am... the smell of frankfurts and sauce wafting from the kitchen ... sticky tables and benches ... teenage girls "hosting" the party and wishing they were elsewhere... 8 year old kids very excited ... noise .... the noise... did I mention 10am ... Mummy cant wait...ergh...

now onto more fun stuff...

Scrap the boys this month gave us this cool room to draw inspiration from....

I am going to show you the close ups first

just for a change

and because I can...

the big fella was home sick during the week and so wanted to help with the scrapping I had out .. he gave me this stamp to add as an embellishment .. because the corner was ripped so its not worth anything ...Gee..thanks...

 some gorgeous twine from Old Favourites as well as the bingo card and vintage library card and playing card and carnival ticket... heap left over from this pack of vintage yumminess...

 dunno why this photo is here...but anyway...

 hidden journalling ... about how my little man went to this awesome playground on this day and wouldn't play and be silly because he felt he was to old to play along with the other kids, so he hung around with mum.
This really broke my heart to see him like this, he has since learnt that childhood does not last forever and running through a playground is really fun ... even for fat ol' daggy mum... {who really doesn't care what other people think of her getting stuck in a tunnel... and daddy taking photos... while tears of laughter roll down his face... and mummy frantically trying to call Jenny Craig.... )

I did escape... a little bruised... and embarrassed...and so now I have these beautiful photos of this beautiful boy.. and so here it is...the finished product

Off to build a dragon cake (to the design specification blue prints I was handed this morning from "the Birthday Folder") and fill lolly bags with my DD who is home sick today...devastated as she is missing out on an excursion to a farm where she could milk a cow and ride a pony ... in her NEW GUMBOOTS i bought her yesterday.... poor little thing... she has been counting sleeps for 2 weeks....

cross fingers for no more sickies tomorrow ...

have a lovely quiet morning tomorrow.... think of me.....