Monday, 7 January 2008

Caitlin turns 5!

What a milestone, 5 seems to be such a big birthday, for us the next significant birthday after 1. Suddenly they are no longer preschoolers and everything is about to change ........ 3 more weeks and it'll be the first day of school!

We have had a lovely day. It started with pikelets for breakfast, followed by a trip to Underwater World. Caitlin choose Underwater World over Australia Zoo for the sole fact she got a really cool iceblock there when she went with preschool and would like one for her birthday. We explained that Aussie Zoo would probably have them too, but no it was Underwater World based on iceblocks! We had a lovely time there holding starfish, watching sharks, stingrays........ in the underwater tunnel, seal show and so forth, did I mention we also had an iceblock - the highlight!

Then it was back home for Ryan's sleep and a play, followed by ice-cream cake then off to Grandma and Grandad's for a swim (thank goodness - it was 32 degrees today) and dinner.





The cake was a little tricky this year. Good idea being an icecream cake but with the temperature and humidity the last few days, it's been quite tricky decorating it. 5 minutes of decorating then back in the freezer. Also the reason why we had the icecream cake this afternoon as we didn't think it would last the 25 minute journey to Grandma and Grandad's.



It's amazing to see the change in Caitlin with turning 5, suddenly she is growing up in her attitude and is now a 'big' girl (until she starts school and she will be one of the little kids again).

3 comments:

Ticehursts said...

Happy 5th Birthday Caitlin! You look gorgeous in your dress. We're looking forward to seeing you soon. X

Ward said...

30 big sleeps until we see you all love from Grandma & Grandad Ward

Smiths in Manila said...

Happy Birthday, Caitlin! You're all grown up!