Rash

Bradley had a very restless night scratching at his rash he will definitely not be able to go to school this morning . I took Abigail and told the teachers that Bradley would not be in then we quickly called at the bank, ordered Abigail’s birthday cake for Paul to pick up on his way home, then picked up the chicken drumsticks from the butchers. After settling Bradley by cooling him down in a tub of water I set about preparing the rest of the items for Abigail’s party. Picking Abigail up from school all that was left to do was a quick sweep and mop, rearrange the furniture in the lounge, put up the party banner and balloons and set the table with party tablecloth and paper plates etc. When Paul arrived home at 2.00pm he set about chilling the bottles of soft drinks and lager in one of our wash tubs by adding some water and ice which we had made.

Party Party!!

We showered and changed into our party clothes and I was just plaiting Abigail’s hair when our first guests arrived Cathy and James. Cathy had also done some lemon cake for the party and bought Abigail a little bag purse which Abi was pleased with. By 5.00pm most of the guests with presents in hand had arrived including Doctor Emily. We asked Emily if she would have a look at Bradley as his rash was not improving if anything it was worse. She diagnosed an allergy or Hives and on looking at what he had been prescribed she said he really needs a course of steroids so she went to the chemist to buy them for us. With Bradley’s drugs administered I set the table with the party food and everyone helped themselves. Paul had organised a couple of party games, treasure hunt (the treasure being sparklers as couldn’t find fireworks or what we did find was 400d per item) and pin the tail on the donkey. Abigail and the girls set about with map in hand finding the treasure with this all found and time ticking as it was already 7.30pm we played pin the tail on the donkey. Everyone was given a tail (no one spared) and Paul made us go around a broom three times then find the picture of the donkey all I can say what a laugh some of us were so far of the mark.

Pin the Tail on the Donkey

Abigail & Andrew

Pass the Parcel Dares and Sparkler's

At around 8.00pm Adam from the craft market turned up and gave Abigail a lovely African dress far too generous with his gifts, we introduced him to everyone and got him a drink. We then played pass the parcel which Amy, Emily and Sokey had made only we had two parcels which were played together in opposite directions just to make it more interesting. With Paul in charge of the music (Disney CD) the first layer of paper was taken off by Bradley and Sokey, chocolates fell out and on paper were written a couple of dares Bradley was to give someone a hug, Bradley came to me which was really sweet. With the final layer left we made sure Abigail and Bradley unwrapped the parcel’s containing crayons and colouring book and a skipping rope.

With guests still here Bradley was the first to go to bed shortly followed by Abigail, everyone finally left around 9.30pm and thanked us for a super fun evening. Adam sat and chatted with us until around 11.00pm we made sure he ate some party food and gave him a plate of cakes to take home for his daughter to enjoy. By about 12.00pm we had washed and cleared everywhere and I was shattered definitely a lie in tomorrow.