Celebrating five years

Ollie's birthday party started with a drama for us as we dealt with an urgent phone call from Granny K. She'd had an early morning nasty fall and gashed her head....blood everywhere but no stitches needed we decided. Luckily she'd completed her party baking commitments, all safely boxed up away from the blood spatters. It takes more than a good fright, a bang on the head and lashings of blood to stop our mid-nineties mother from going to a party!
Super-heroes was the party theme. Ollie invited all his guests into the spacious and well organised Jerra Community Centre with great charm and maturity. He wore his new Batman costume, Angie wore his new, shiny, nylon astronaut suit and Ella, like all the other girls present, wore her favourite fairy princess costume.

There was even enough room for a jumping castle!

The five year old boys at the party were a lot like Ollie......serene, gentle, intelligent souls with great concentration and good communication skills.

Claire had everything beautifully organised so it was a very calm party with everybody happy and well fed (with no junk food at all).

The boys seemed mesmerised by Granny K.'s Hot Wheels present. It took them AGES to figure out how to put it together and then, for the rest of the party, took it in turns to spin cars around it.

Angie spent the time building up a sweat in his astronaut suit, throwing balls and brandishing glow sticks.

Bringing out the birthday cake was a great excuse for a sugar fix and cheesy group photo. I enjoyed seeing the change in the kids since I took their pictures at Ollie's 3rd birthday party.

I think Ella enjoyed the party the most of anyone. It ticked all her boxes...a chance to dress up, be with her gorgeous cousins and their friends, jumping, blowing bubbles, eating CAKE!

These last two shots were taken in the final moments of the party as the jumping castle capsized. I love the Helen Bonham Carter look alike on the right!