A pretty good day all round really. Loads of pictures which I make no apology for so I will narrate around them I think:
Scarlett did sleep through the night but also woke indecently early at about 5.30am. We managed to keep her in our bed ’till just after 6am when Ady and I both got up with her and let her in the lounge which was awash with balloons, helium balloons and her pressies from us:
She set about opening pressies – she selected three identical boxes first and opened Swiper, Dora and then brought the third over to me unopened and said ‘Boots?!’ yep, she was right! 🙂 She then picked each wrapped present up and asked ‘Dora?’ before opening it – she was correct in all but two – she got the small Dora, Boots and Swiper figures, a Dora book for bedtime with a little light up star in it, a backpack (one she can actually wear with a little Map inside) which I had put some stickers in – these happened to be pretty much her favourite pressie and she spent all day sticking them everywhere (even at my parents house where they are likely to be finding them still in February!)
We also got her a little wooden kitchen set with a fridge, oven and sink and a few wooden utensils and pots which she also loved and a Dora bath toy, which got used to the max tonight in the bath:
I had been concerned we might have overdone it with the Dora stuff but clearly not – the girl is obsessed 🙂
She also got various bits and pieces from other people including the funny faces felt kit (thanks Karen – she loves it 🙂 proper thank you note in the post soon xxx), a cheque and several cards. Davies got a small pressie from us too – a dinosaur fossil dig kit, which we did this evening and he really loved:
of course wearing the protective safety goggles!
Then we headed over to my parents. They had bought her premium bonds as they do for both kids on Christmas and birthdays and Bedtime Dora as a pressie to open
which she loves and has gone to sleep cuddling tonight. They got Davies a wooden train track engine shed too
and of course Frazer had got her the house, which was a massive hit
she loves it loads, 
and the kids even pretended to sleep in it 🙂 
After a lovely lunch my Granny arrived, which meant that her and Mum sat trying to outdo each other on everything while the rest of us buggered off upstairs! The kids love this spare room as it is like the set of Boogie Beebies and just right for dancing – Davies threw some shapes:
some of us were wallflowers 🙂
some of us sat it out altogether!
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Which called for some light refreshment 
and then back downstairs for the long awaited Dora cake!
It was very well received by Tarly!
, we all sang and blew out candles, 
before I finally sucumbed to some lap dancing!
Sadly Chris and Julie and the twins didn’t come along after all as the twins have gone down with the horrid cold that Davies and Scarlett have had all week and were too miserable to be in company (Julie’s phrase!) which was a shame but as the kids had the attention of six adults and loads of toys they didn’t suffer too much! Home again for tea, bath and bed.
Tomorrow Ady is off again so we are going to Lakeside area to collect our Christmas cards from Costco and maybe take the kids to see santa and perhaps out for lunch. In all a perfect birthday for a two year old, surrounded by everyone who loves her and with pretty much all the Dora merchandise on the market in the UK at the moment (with the exception of the rest of the stuff she is getting in three weeks time for Christmas of course!)
Sounds like a lovely birthday 🙂 Funny, we don’t have Nick Jr here so my lot have never got into Dora at all – Scarlett looks like she is in seventh heaven with all the Dora stuff though! Their noses still look sore 🙁 but she is a beautiful 2yo nonetheless 🙂
Comment by Sarah — 06 December 2004 @ 7:42 pm
Happy Birthday Scarlett!!!
Comment by Jenny — 06 December 2004 @ 8:10 pm
I didn’t know there was that much dora stuff! Wow…
Happy birthday Scarlett!
Comment by jax — 06 December 2004 @ 8:17 pm
Sounds like a fantastic birthday!
Comment by Jan — 06 December 2004 @ 10:24 pm
Big awwww moment 🙂
Comment by Joyce — 06 December 2004 @ 11:54 pm
Happy Birthday 🙂
Comment by dottyspots — 07 December 2004 @ 2:21 pm
You are such a fantastic Mummy Nic – making your darling girl’s birthday one to remember – even though she won’t ‘remember’ it pretty much after she is 5 LOL Well done and Happy Day to Scarlett for yesterday.
Comment by Karen b — 07 December 2004 @ 3:35 pm
Sounds like she had a great day! Happy Birthday Scarlett!
Comment by Kirsty — 07 December 2004 @ 6:22 pm
Check this place out Jax
http://www.doratoys.co.uk/
I think we were actually quite restrained considering 🙂
Comment by Nic — 07 December 2004 @ 10:15 pm