So the birthday mission and fun is complete.
We had a very chilled out birthday lunch with 5 little friends, who, after lunch, played happily for about 45 mins whilst the parents sat and ate their lunch. The only organised game required was Pass the Parcel, which was apparently the highlight.
The hot air balloons had dried in time...and I even managed to make paper bags to carry the cake, origami animals, notes and bulbs.
And friends have even been creative and given recycled gifts...one favourite being an easel, which the kids who gave it to Mariella, revamped by painting and decorating it...fun for them, and for her!
And in the end, the only extras that I bought from our normal food shop, was a bag of sweets and some party rings. It felt really good, was great fun, but has taken a lot of time. And this continues to be my biggest lesson to date...living with less is definitely richer, but money does equate to time saved. I've felt the impact of that this week, as all the normal house jobs simply didn't get done, as I was using all my time on the extras, and mixed with a lack of sleep from still breastfeeding during the night, it has definitely incurred a 'cost', just not in a monetary way. Having said all that, I wouldn't have traded all the time and fun, and simply gone shopping to get everything!
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