On Sunday Nathan had his birthday party.  We had a nice, shady spot at Sydney Park which was nice and breezy and not too hot.  The forecast maximum was 34 degrees, and it was quite warm but I don’t know what the temperature actually got to.

We started setting up at 9 am.  We had hoped to set up under a different bunch of trees, but we were pipped at the post by some other people who were just behind Andrew as he drove into the carpark.  Still, it didn’t matter and the place we found for ourselves was just perfect.  After setting up, Andrew went shopping for the last few items (5 roast chickens, bread and ice) while Nathan and I amused ourselves.  I blew up a few balloons and put them in his portacot, and Nathan had a lot of fun trying to hold them, blow them up and basically just play with them.

Nathan refused to sleep all morning, so he must have been pretty tired when the first people started arriving at around 11 am.  Still, he was happy and played nicely during the entire lunch.  He was quite happy to interact with other people and didn’t need to be near me all the time, which was really great!  A few people from the mothers’ group came (Mel, Andrew and Sarah; Robin, Josh and Jade; Katrina and Kyle; Danii and Hannah), Karen and Shanti whom I met on the Births forum were there, as well as Gabe, Julie, Matthew and Angela; Glen, Donna, Mikayla, Ben and Glen’s nephew; Brett, Natalie and Daniel; Aurelie and Nico, and Kate, Greg and Leo who I know from work.

The birthday cake was made by Kate and Greg, and it was fantastic!  It was a very delicious carrot cake with a soft icing and honeycomb that made it look a bit moon-surface-like.  They put a space shuttle on the side, and two space-men on top with the Australian flag.  It was a bit windy, though, and the candle just didn’t want to stay alight.  We gave up after many attempts to get the candle lit for more than a few seconds.  Nathan loved the cake, and also loved feeding it to mummy.

Nathan finally drifted off to sleep in my arms at 1:30 pm, and slept until 3 pm by which time we had nearly finished packing up.  For our first effort at holding a child’s birthday party, I think it went quite well really!  Mind you, Nathan didn’t understand what we were all there for, so I guess the 1st birthday party is really for the parents.  😀

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