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Last Monday was Nick's 30th birthday. We were lucky enough to have him at home on the day so we enjoyed a nice family day.

We started off the day Ollie giving Nick lovely kisses, followed by a beautiful card that Ollie got made (describing how much fun he has with his daddy and enjoys playing cups with him).

Later in the day we ducked out to get the finishing touches for our costumes for Nick's birthday party and to have some lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Luckily the restaurant wasn't busy but the waitress still managed to steer us toward a table well away from any of the other diners. Ollie sat in a highchair and had his lunch of pumpkin before our food came out. This was the first time we had done this so we were pretty impressed. Unfortunately it wasn't a long lingering lunch with Ollie getting the squeals as soon as he became bored with the stash of toys I'd brought along to distract him.
The real birthday celebrations took place on Saturday night with Nick's 90's themed party in town. As kickoff for the night was well past Ollie's bedtime, we were lucky that Nanna Freddy was in town to look after him for us. He was on his best behaviour and didn't give her any grief (unlike the last time she looked after him back in June). This allowed us to kick up our heels and have an absolute cracker of a night. Check out the pic of us before we headed off. Nick looks totally stylish in the pants that I made for him (real love is sewing your husband MC Hammer pants) and I'm looking totally tragic in my spice girls wannabe outfit. Talk about responsible grown ups!!!

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