9th Birthday
This past Sunday was Ben’s 9th birthday! Crazy!
He had a weekend full of fun which started off on Friday evening when he had 3 of his friends from school stay over the night (Iwen, Jake and Tom). They slept in the conservatory and had a great time. They didn’t go to sleep until late and Ben thinks it was the early hours of the morning before he went to sleep, but we don’t believe that! 😉 They all had party food for their tea and then played around until it got lateish at which point they settled down in the conservatory, in their sleeping bags, and watched The BFG and ate popcorn. Both Aaron and Coby were out with them as well until it was their bed time. There was some crying and shouting though, as Coby wanted to sleep in the conservatory! They managed to sleep until about 7am, at which point Aaron got up and went down and made sure they were awake! Kelly and I followed shortly and sorted out the conservatory as it had started raining which meant it was starting to leak everywhere! As the morning went on, the boys’ were picked up by their parents and were all gone again by lunch time. Ben had had a great time with his friends.
On the Saturday afternoon, Grandma, Uncle Darren and Aunty Marina came over for tea. They gave Ben his presents and he opened them with extreme excitement! He got a homemade Harry Potter cushion from Grandma, as well as some Everton pyjamas, Minion pyjamas and a notebook and pens. He got a new Qixels set and K-nex Nerf set from Uncle Darren and Aunty Marina. He was extremely happy with all of these presents! We had party food for tea and played a game on the Wii before they left, well into the evening.
On the Sunday (which was his birthday) Ben managed to stay in bed until gone 7:30am, which was a miracle! But we then went down and he opened up his presents and cards. His main presents were a full Everton kit with ‘Rooney’ on the back, a fitness tracker watch, a Lego Brickheadz of Captain America, an action camera (for cycling etc) (from Gramps), some clothes, some more Lego and an SD card for his tablet so he could buy and download Minecraft! He was very happy with all of his gifts and cards (which included a fair amount of money!).
As lunchtime approached, Kelly’s side of the family started to arrive for the afternoon and some party food. Ben had more presents and cards and was happy to open them all, though he was too busy playing with his cousins to open everything straight away! We had some nice party food again and Ben had a great afternoon playing.
He had had a wonderful birthday day weekend and said it was the best one he had had! 😉
Thanks to everyone that gave him a present, money and cards, etc!
