Birthday girl

Hannah turned 7 on Friday, and we celebrated with a party. Gosh it was hot! The girls mostly played indoors, apart from the treasure hunt. Hannah is delighted, she even managed to get most of the things on her list, and she was highly organised, invitations out a full 2 weeks before the day, and a list of games to be played. The big girls are a big help at these events as always, although not having them home until 4 was interesting! Chris didn't get back from Timaru until Sunday afternoon, but arrived with more presents from Auntie Tracey, and from him, so all was forgiven. Janine made the teddy bear cake, with supporting roles from mum and Katarina. And friend Leah stayed over, which turned into a 'wakeover' rather than a 'sleepover', there wasn't an awful lot of sleeping going on until ten. They woke up at 6am and I was serenaded with recorder duets until 7 - they share a music class. As a result, Hannah fell asleep Saturday afternoon after a busy morning.
The end of year is approaching, so our Saturday routines have expanded to include a 2 hour ballet practice. Dec 6th is going to be an interesting day with 2 ballet concerts and a music concert including the world premiere of Zach's composition.
On Sunday Hannah was keen to go to both Batch and Leith (for the chocolates, of course) although she also managed to get a present for 10 attendances! And then we were invited to lunch at Roxborogh's, which was very pleasant!