Last month I wrote a post titled Party Planning and the last paragraph read:
‘Will it be worth all the effort? Oh yes, it will always be worth it because there is nothing better than celebrating the day one of our children entered into the world and joined us. And hey, we may be spoiling him, but on the anniversary of his arrival I want him to feel completely truly special, to know what it feels like to be celebrated and I will do everything I can to make it happen just they way he wants it to.’
And so in answer to the question ‘Will it be worth all the effort?’ As always, of course it was. Ollie loved his 7th birthday week – he laughed, he had big wide eyes at new and exciting toys, he was joined by family and friends, he had all his favourite food, he got grumpy when things didn’t quite go his way, he covered himself in badges only to have to take them off because he fiddled with them too much in school, he had a big party with twenty of his friends, he ran around his bouncy castle assault course till he was puffed out, Uncle Gaz did parachute games, he had two of his favourite friends to sleep over, he stood up in assembly twice to have Happy Birthday sung to him and he enjoyed three birthday teas. Ultimately he was celebrated and we all shared in the glory of his birthday and felt grateful for another year with Ollie and look forward to the coming one.
Will he remember any of the details of his 7th Birthday week, does he really understand when we tell him that he is lucky and that not all children have the opportunities that he receives? Very probably no, but again like so many childhood experiences I hope the events of the last few days will help shape Ollie into a kind and grateful individual who recognises the importance of celebration, family and friends.
Ollie is seven! How he has changed! How far he has come in seven years! From this …
to this …
to this..
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and now this..
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..and we are very proud of our lively, ever changing and developing boy.
Ollie’s birthday week in pictures.
Much love to you Ollie – our Birthday Boy!
Jeremy adds:
I was driving home tonight with my iPhone on random play and suddenly this old gem came up of Ollie when he was a baby, laughing away. We used his laugh as the sting for Wicked Days and still do, but the original audio is much more personal – created by running forward and backward at him while he was in his cot. Hilarious to a baby, apparently…!!
The clip below is of Ollie when he was 6 and a half – recording his message to the new born Archie: