Jack’s Birthday Celebration
Hello, we started celebrating Jack’s birthday on Saturday, the 17th. We were out and about and he saw a bike with training wheels in a store. The plan since he was three was to get him a bike for his fourth birthday. But since we are living in a high rise, we had decided he may just have to wait for the bike. Well, back to walking by the store with the bike…he saw the bike, he got on the bike, he rode the bike in the store, he rode the bike out of the store…
It is a perfect bike for Jack as it has training wheels, his Dad could move the seat to the perfect height, and it was dirty. If you did not know, Jack loves to wash things. He loves to wash the dishes, the windows, and the more wet he gets, the better. Ben thinks he may be like Papa Wene, Uncle Neil and Doug of his attention to detail on matters such as these…
Sunday was the official “birthday party” as that is when we sang Happy Birthday over chocolate chocolate-chip muffins, one of Jack’s favorite chocolate foods (and his Dad’s and his Mom’s and yes, Ella’s too.)
Jack had wanted to ride the paddle boats in Darling Harbour since he first saw them. So we took Jack and Ella to Darling Harbour to the playground, to ride the paddle boats and to eat at “Pancakes on the Rocks”. The Royal Australian Naval band was playing in Darling Harbour and if you can believe it they had a vocalist singing “Georgia”. It was quite strange being by the South Pacific Ocean listening to a song about our state on the Atlantic Ocean. The band also played Waltzing Matilda and Frank Sinatra songs. Ella was in her stroller tapping her knees and kicking her legs and Jack watched them in a trance.
Pictures of the paddle boat, playground and pancake house…
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