Friday 18 June 2010

Wednesday 16 June Preci, South East Umbria

0753 hours. Maddie (whispering). "Chloe! Chloe! It's my birthday! But Mummy says it doesn't start until 8 o'clock."

The day started well, with Maddie delighted with the selection of princess tat, carriages, cycling dolls, dresses and the like. From a parent's point of view, the choice of small Cinderella and Snow White dolls with removable shoes, dresses and hairbands meant much of the day's conversation was conducted through clenched teeth as precious objects were lost, found, lost again, taken into the swimming pool, left in the toilets, trampled on, broken, fixed.

And of course the important matters of physiology had to be recorded. "Daddy, can you help me get Cinderella's dress off please? I need to check if she's got nipples."

Still, lots of swimming, biscuits, party games, party bags for Maddie and the one child who came to her party, cafe (Maddie adores European cafe culture you know), birthday dinner and birthday cake meant our Piccolo Stella had a pretty good day.

2 comments:

  1. Where did you hide all these presents and stuff in your campervan? Quite impressed that they weren't 'discovered'!

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  2. We have what is known as the cupboard of doom. It bends space and time. We were lucky to find the presents after putting them in there...

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