Happy Birthday No 4, Freyja
Wow, 4 years old. We celebrated with an ill timed outing to Giraffe on South Bank. Not only did the entire population of London also go to Giraffe today but we left it a bit too late leaving the house so Theo was way past his good-mood window - not to mention starving - when we finally got seated. The food was lovely though, and both kids got a balloon. Giraffe is one our favourite child-friendly-but-not-actually-a-children's-restaurant places to go. We also like Wagamama and Gourmet Burger Kitchen.
This year we bought Freyja a proper birthday present. I'm usually a bit boring with presents. Because they get so much from friends and family, I tend to feel a bit guilty buying toys for them. I intended on using birthdays to buy something a bit more meaningful and long lasting. So far Freyja has received 2 pictures (only 1 of which is 'meaningful and long lasting' ) and something else which I can't remember.
So this year we bought her a shop - Cherry Blossom Store . We toyed with the idea of getting her the Rose Petal Cottage but it was a quite a lot more expensive (we found the store on offer at Amazon for £40), plus she already has loads of play fruit and vegetables, perfect for stocking a shop. She was given some extra foodie bits and pieces at her birthday too - lovely tiny packets of fairtrade coffee and M&S organic biscuits (!!), plus little wooden eggs you can cut in half, all from the ELC. So Cherry Blossom Store it was - I've been very excited.
We put it up last night and this morning Freyja walked into the room and said 'Wow'. Her and Theo spent a good hour playing in it before she even turned her attention to the pile of presents stacked up behind it. Then this evening I played shop with her - it turned out to be a very interesting game. The eggs cost £5 each, the bottle of olive oil 50p. I asked for dog food, but that wasn't in stock - would cat food do? I asked for some chicken that I could see on the shelf, but was told 'we don't sell chicken'. When I complained that a box of cereal was very expensive at £9, it was whisked off me and returned at the much more reasonable price of £1. And every now and again she has to do some 'magic' in the till - something to do with finding out the price of items.
It's been a lovely day. As always, I've seen massive changes from age 3 to age 4 and it continues to surprise me how much difference a year makes. This year has been one where Freyja has started to settle down into being an easier child, a little less reactive, a little more in control of her emotions. Still so young, but growing up. And maybe I'm also getting a little better at being her mum.
Happy Birthday, Sweetheart.
This year we bought Freyja a proper birthday present. I'm usually a bit boring with presents. Because they get so much from friends and family, I tend to feel a bit guilty buying toys for them. I intended on using birthdays to buy something a bit more meaningful and long lasting. So far Freyja has received 2 pictures (only 1 of which is 'meaningful and long lasting' ) and something else which I can't remember.
So this year we bought her a shop - Cherry Blossom Store . We toyed with the idea of getting her the Rose Petal Cottage but it was a quite a lot more expensive (we found the store on offer at Amazon for £40), plus she already has loads of play fruit and vegetables, perfect for stocking a shop. She was given some extra foodie bits and pieces at her birthday too - lovely tiny packets of fairtrade coffee and M&S organic biscuits (!!), plus little wooden eggs you can cut in half, all from the ELC. So Cherry Blossom Store it was - I've been very excited.
We put it up last night and this morning Freyja walked into the room and said 'Wow'. Her and Theo spent a good hour playing in it before she even turned her attention to the pile of presents stacked up behind it. Then this evening I played shop with her - it turned out to be a very interesting game. The eggs cost £5 each, the bottle of olive oil 50p. I asked for dog food, but that wasn't in stock - would cat food do? I asked for some chicken that I could see on the shelf, but was told 'we don't sell chicken'. When I complained that a box of cereal was very expensive at £9, it was whisked off me and returned at the much more reasonable price of £1. And every now and again she has to do some 'magic' in the till - something to do with finding out the price of items.
It's been a lovely day. As always, I've seen massive changes from age 3 to age 4 and it continues to surprise me how much difference a year makes. This year has been one where Freyja has started to settle down into being an easier child, a little less reactive, a little more in control of her emotions. Still so young, but growing up. And maybe I'm also getting a little better at being her mum.
Happy Birthday, Sweetheart.
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