We have had a beautiful day today celebrating Dulcie's first birthday (I know! Where did that go?) today along with very special guest Grandma (V's mum) and lots of our lovely friends. V's mum arrived last night and was picked up from the airport by V and T. Unfortunately V managed to get completely disorientated on the way back and get lost not once but twice. The 40 minute journey from Melbourne airport took over 2 hours. Whoops. Fortunately T had fallen asleep (mid sentence, she was so shattered) after five minutes of this epic journey.
This morning Dulcie had a few presents, we all went out for breakfast and W bought a few tons of sausages for the afternoon. We had a couple of lovely treats: Auntie Harriet sent us some amazing cupcakes which we found in a beribbonned box on the front doorstep, and then Gordon & Helen phoned from Tajikistan - the first time we've managed to actually talk to those dear friends in months.
This afternoon we held a special first birthday BBQ for Dulcie and lots of our new aussie (well, the majority were South African, Scottish, or from UK actually) friends. We hired the hall at Thea's kinder, Possums, which has a delightful enclosed garden with barbeques and lots of lovely play equipment. The weather was perfect, about 24 degrees with a light breeze, and the garden had loads of trees providing dappled sunlight. It was wonderful. Thea particularly enjoyed opening all of Dulcie's presents.
Here's some pics of the day so you can all imagine you were there with us too. That would've been nice, eh?
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