Emily is officially 6!

This is Sunday morning, Emily is 6 and she is patiently waiting to come downstairs for her birthday breakfast. Butterfly cakes with 6 candles, and 2 different types of milkshake

My lovely cousin David making Emily feel super special - waiting on her with a French accent, asking if Madame would like banana or strawberry flavour milkshake - with extra bendy straws

A birthday breakfast fit for kings

Big brother Dan with Pain au Chocolats

Milkshake overload

Where are my presents? Breakfast was quickly pushed to one side when the presents started appearing from behind the curtains

Robert with his bendy straw glasses - it must get cold behind the ears when the banana shake goes past!

The boys getting technical with the flashing scooter!

This was a great birthday breakfast and we left the family playing with all sorts of new toys - thanks to you all, we had a great time!

Pre-birthday birthday party - with lots of cake

My word - we left Paul's family and drove over to see the rest of mine. My cousin David, his gorgeous wife Anna and the 3 seriously cheeky monkies. One of them was six the following day and we had a pre-birthday birthday party! YEAH! Here is Emily who CANNOT WAIT to be 6!

A sneaky cheeky early pressie

Rob showing of his dance moves

Mum showing off hers!

It's the dancing Von Trapp family

I've seen that one in Pulp Fiction

Another sneaky pressie

My cousin Madeleine

All the boys on the trampoline in the garden

Martin and Madeleine

My mum and her sister Mary

The kids feast

Our feast!

Mary and Madeleine - nice cheesy one there Mads

We blew up so many balloons!

Mum and Martin - very cheesy indeed!

Cake!

So many different cakes - my Aunty Mary made 4 different ones - Sharon eat your heart out!

Happy kids

Big kids - these two belong to Madeleine - they are Mathew and Jonathon. they are sporting the sultry teenage boy look which involves lots of floppy hair

Mum having no fun at all

Aunty Mary's handiwork - fab

David doing some cleaning up

The Cullis family

The silly family

Bye - see you soon

Rob with Kissa the cat

The party girl has completely crashed on the sofa - what a great evening!

Thank you so much!

Beer for Paul and Maya

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm beer.

OK, so I just drink Guinness - but I did think of you both with the Old Speckled Hen and the Green King. If you're nice, I'll shout you a lovely Lighthouse when I get home.

The Bird in Hand

And no, that's nothing kinky!

This is Paul's former local pub - which is unfortunately closed at the moment as it is to let.

Pedro was going to buy this pub years ago! How funny would that have been! The Pedro in Hand? The Bird in Pedro? Pedro's Bird?