Its official, I now have a 10 year old! We were very pleasred with ourselves as we managed to throw a suprise party for Lachie. All I had to do was get him out of the house for a while and what better excuse than having to buy new clothes for Grandpas party..........and he fell for it! Left Nikki, Erin and the others to blow up balloons etc and BINGO....
Quite a laugh when it came to pass the parcel and we didn't have a CD player. Sam volunteered to hum tunes from behind the sofa so we had everything from the Dr Who theme to music from Pirates of the Caribbean and James Bond.
On Friday Dad turned 80! When you reach that milestone you are allowed more than 1 party, so on Friday it was the turn of his old friends, better known as "the Grumpy Old Men" and their better halves! It was a lovely lunch and good for us to see so many of the old faces from our childhood. Colin and I had raided the old photo boxes and put a couple of boards together. We found some great shots of Dad as a teenager and of him doing what he loved, hiking and climbing in places like North Wales. We also dug out some of National service days and his posting to Hong Kong!
Next weekend it is the turn of the family, including us 5 children and most of the Grandchildren. It will be the first time that we have all been together for 8 years so will be a very special weekend. So special that I have even been out and bought a frock (with the guidance of my niece)!
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