Anna had her 8th birthday last week, and I think we celebrated in pretty good style. It's funny, I have strong memories of my own 8th birthday, and so we're definitely entering 'memory' territory here for the kids. I think she should have fond ones of this one. The birthday itself saw lots of presents in the morning, a cake that she got to take to school to share with her class, a birthday lunch with god-father Pete from next door (he picked up her from school to take her down into a town, a special treat indeed), and then a birthday dinner in the evening (hamburgers & chips, and carrot cake for dessert).
Then on Sunday she had her party in the garden with 7 friends from school. It was a group of really nice kids AND boys were still invited, I was glad to see. Adjusting to school and having to make new friends was one of my worries for the year, but good on Anna, she seems to have made some very good friends in a short period of time. Now, French parents are usually determined to 'drop and go', (as someone wrote in the paper recently, you're lucky if they slow down the car before jettisoning their child) so we were flattered that the sunshine and the offer of wine or beer enticed a few of them to stay and chat in the garden. The party was a low-key affair with lots of games and playing in the garden (we got lucky with the weather). Although as usual the 'organized' games - Pass the Parcel, Kim's Game, and an extended Relay Race - lasted about 20 minutes and then they just ran around and went on the trampoline for the rest of the time. But before you knew it, it was time for 'tea' - hot dogs, strawberries, Orangina and chocolate cupcakes - and whew, we were done. And no loot bags were expected - bonus.
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