Ben's Birthday

I started writing this post the night of Ben's birthday, but haven't got round to actually posting it until now (needed to fix up some photos to go with it).
We thought Ben had woken up early because he was excited, but it wasn't really... it was that he'd woken up with a temperature and a sore head (he's had a temp for the past 2 days, but we thought he was getting better). After breakfast he got to talk to Granny and Grandpa B on skype and open some presents with them (with the webcam). He then had a morning nap (something he hasn't done for years) during which the Hulls's arrived from Auckland (Peter's PRC friends). The plan was to have the birthday cake for morning tea before going to the park at the lake for play and then lunch. But because Ben wasn't feeling himself we ended up hanging around at home a bit longer and having cake a bit later (it was a Bob the builder themed cake).

The sugar hit from the cake seemed to make Ben feel a bit better so we went on down to the lake where the kids played and fed the ducks and we had a picnic lunch. After lunch there was a bit more playing at the park before it was off home for rest time. After rest time Ben talked with Granny and Grandpa W and opened some more presents with them. Then there was a little time to play with the presents before dinner, bath and bed. Thankyou everyone for the presents you gave Ben, he loves all of them (and so does Joanna)!