We held a birthday party for Bradley on Friday a day early as Paul wanted to watch the rugby grand slam England v Ireland on the Saturday afternoon. Bradley decided he would like a barbeque so as soon as I arrived home from school I set about preparing macaroni cheese, rice, coleslaw and salad. I then marinated the prawns and meat. We had picked a selection of prawns, sausages, chicken, beef steaks and beef chawarma which is strips of beef which are cooked with garlic, pepper and lots of onions and then usually wrapped in Lebanese flat bread which is very much like a tortilla wrap, yummy. As guests arrived Paul started to cook the meat so at 6 o’clock everything was prepared and on the table. After eating we sang happy birthday to Bradley whilst he cut his chocolate smartie cake. Along with Teo and Mia we had invited a couple of Nigerian children called Stephanie and Rodney to the party they live a couple of compounds away and also go to the same school as Abigail and Bradley, they all seemed to play well together. As the sun went down we had a quick game of pass the parcel. Paul had wrapped the parcel with newspaper which seemed to go on and on forever with the occasional sweet between the layers. Finally we arrived at the birthday wrap Stephanie won the prize which was a ladybird book which she was pleased with. We then played musical chairs Abigail was the overall winner however there was lots of competition going on between Mick and Pete even to the extent of shoving the children out of the way. As the night drew to a close we sat around a bonfire which Paul had built in the compound chatting and drinking, Abigail and Bradley were still full of life playing with Mia and Teo however I had taken Rodney and Stephanie back home after Stephanie had thrown up all over her trousers I think she had eaten too much. The last guests left just before 11 o’clock so it was midnight before we were cleared away and ready for bed.
A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BRADLEY!
Saturday and Bradley’s 6th birthday, he opened his presents excited as usual to see what he had got. He was pleased with his selection of books, creepy crawlies, Ben 10, DVD and Nintendo games which he received. The rest of the day was spent chilling I was so tired and playing with Bradley’s toys. We then made our way to Francisco’s to watch the rugby we had arranged to meet Mick and Jenny up there with some of the other volunteers. Abigail and Bradley played with Mia and Teo and then one of the expats who Paul has got to know bought them all an ice-cream for Bradley’s birthday. No sooner had they sat down a group of drummers appeared from nowhere and started to sing and play happy birthday to him obviously for a fee. We left just after 7 o’clock as Abigail and Bradley were tired after such a late night last night .
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