We did our best not to go crackers - we set a firm budget for presents and tried to keep the oldest involved in choosing a gift to give as well as making a birthday card and ensuring that there was something for him on the day, unwrapped, but for him with a promise of special time just for him.
We also made the decision to do something as a family day out and we choose a local zoo, one that the children are familiar with from visits with their foster carers. We had to do this one the day before as my husband was working on the morning of the actual day which meant a second plan for the actual day. Sadly this turned into nothing more than a plan, smallest has been poorly again and with the weather rubbish it turned into a day at home and a trip to the doctors instead. I am hoping we can re-visit for a nicer day.
It turned into a calm morning, my husband was at work so we played some and generally didn't go bananas. For the afternoon we decided to go with the old fashioned tea party with the grandparents included, a welcome addition was their cousin. I went with general party food and a cake!
Everything seemed to go well and a little bit of me wonders if less presents and more balloons would have been better as that was what got played with the most. After the chaos we went for the calm and they are now sleeping peacefully.
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