Happy birthday Poppy!

May 30, 2010

Happy birthday Poppy!

On Tuesday my little girl Poppy turned 2 years old, and yesterday we held a birthday party at the zoo for her and some of her friends. It seems incredible to me that she is 2 already, but in other ways it is difficult for me to remember what life was like without her, it is as if i have always had my little Poppy in my life. i am so incredibly proud of my little girl, of all the amazing achievements she has made in her short life so far, of all the potential she shows to grow up into a fantastic young lady, of her sweet personality and the sunshine she brings to everyone's lives with her smile and laughter and the way she pronounces words. She is absolutely beautiful and i love her so much and i'm so proud to be her mummy.

Poppy had asked for a shark for her birthday, as her latest obsession is with 'fishies' of all kinds and we had taken her to the sealife centre where she had spent ages inside the tunnel which goes through the shark exhibit, squealing excitedly whenever one swam past.  i didn't want to get her a real shark, not even one of those little ones you can keep in a fish tank, so Sir had found a nice toy one for her, and luckily she was thrilled with it (and yes it's called 'sharkie' - her names for things aren't very imaginative yet!). We also got her a mini bouncy castle for the garden and someone very kindly sent us an Amazon voucher so we spent some of it on educational toys for Poppy as she has a huge appetite for learning, and we're saving the rest to get something nice for the twins. Poppy got lots of other presents on her birthday (and more at her party) and happily went into nursery taking a big cake and some party bags for all her friends there. Then in the evening we invited her nanna and grampy, and her other grandma over for a family birthday tea - with chicken dippers, chips and baked beans and icecream with sprinkles for after (all chosen by Poppy!). She went to bed a very happy girl on Tuesday night.

As part of her present, Sir and i have spent the last few weeks decorating the spare bedroom for her, with paints and wallpaper and bedding and furniture she has picked out herself. It's a very cute girly design which should last her for a few years, you can see it here: http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/homeware/childrensbedroom/27/1?extra=sch&n=homeware&pid=429-633&exclude=00Q00%7c00QS00%7c00QS0100&returnurl=%2fshop%2fgattgender%2dgirls%2dgattproductaffiliation%2dbedding%2d0%3fnxti%3d0%26nxtv%3d000%26isort%3dbst&bct=%26quot%3bShop%20By%20Product%26quot%3b%26nbsp%3b%26gt%3b%26nbsp%3bGirls%26nbsp%3b%26gt%3b%26nbsp%3bBedding
On Thursday night we moved her into her new bedroom. i was so nervous, worried that she would get upset and not like it, that she would want to move back into the nursery and resent the fact that it is going to be turned into the boys' bedroom. But it was all fine and she had a happy night's sleep in there and coped fine with her new bed and didn't fall out like i worried she might. So that transition has gone really well :)

Yesterday we had Poppy's main birthday party at the zoo. They do special birthday packages, and all the kiddies and adults got to look round the zoo, then Poppy had a special brithday-girl treat of helping to feed the penguins, which she absolutely loved and wouldn't stop talking about for ages after ("fed fishies to pinpins"), there was a lovely lunch provided in a party room with a Noah's ark cake and then party games organised by two members of staff afterwards, then all the kiddies had a session in Pet's corner to feed and stroke all the cute little furries there, then we took them to the huge play-area they have in the zoo, followed by a trip round on the zoo train and then home. Poppy had an absolutely brilliant time and so did all her friends. Her new favourite animal is now a 'jar' (giraffe) and as part of her party package she was taken into the zoo shop and told she could choose one of the cuddly toys there - you should have seen her face when she spotted a 'jar' and shouted it out to the whole shop as she eagerly tugged it out and handed it to the shop-assistant! So our little girl went to bed very happy again last night, with her new shark and 'jar' tucked in next to her.

Happy birthday sweetheart, thanks for being the adorable little poppet that you are, and i look forward to seeing what the next year brings as you learn to be a big sister to your two new brothers!