Monday, October 01, 2012

Nine

On the morning of Cherub's ninth birthday he woke at 6.30am and crept out to check the kitchen clock.  Uh-oh, too early. Back to bed he slipped, til j-u-s-t before 7am, at which time he stole quietly into our bedroom and stood there, smiling excitedly and expectantly.

We roused ourselves to cuddle him and to exclaim that he couldn't possibly be as old as nine.  But he nodded his head firmly, he knew he was, he'd been counting down the days.

Time then for getting dressed and eating breakfast, and then....

Presents!!!!!

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First up, a clue hunt, set-up for him by his awesome brother.

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Then it was time for the Mum-n-Dad presents...

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A gold talking dalek, all good.

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And of course, some lego.

Later we had friends round for birthday cake

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...and a couple of raucous games of Billionaire!

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After they all left he spent some happy hours building his lego.
Seems to have been a good day.

Meanwhile...

Nine?!?!?!

Pfft. That can't be right.
Happy birthday crazy, funny, smoochy boy. You rock.

13 comments:

  1. 'Loud' and 'raucous' sounds perfect for a ninth birthday. And I'm reliably informed by my nine year old that there's no better pressie than those building blocks.

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  2. Happy birthday, dear Cherub. Yeah, NINE? What's THAT about?!

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  3. Oh, happy birthday, Cherub. How time flies. I've been reading this since he really looked like a cherub. Now... well... more like a little angel.

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  4. What a fantastic piece! Will be bringing his present with me next week! xxx Bron

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  5. Nine? Definitely not right. How time flies.

    Happy birthday to your Cherub. Looks like he had a great one.

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  6. 9 years of scrumptious photos of both of your boys. Well, I don't know if it has been 9 years exactly, I think he was already around when you started blogging, but regardless, I have enjoyed the journey! Bring on the next 9 years!

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  7. Nine? No way. Wasn't he like turning 5 last birthday? Happy birthday to your baby.

    Billionaire!! Oh I remember that game - I must hunt that down again, I'm sure my Miss8 would love it.

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  8. Looks like a very happy nine year old! Legos today and in seven short years, car keys---pleease mum?

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  9. OKkkkkaaaayyyyy. They need to stop with the birthdays already! I remember when he was a wee lad in a lellow shirt! And my Abby was a chubby toddler who is now EIGHT! He radiates joy and happiness your Cherub. I'm sure he is well-loved by his friends.

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