Birthday Bash

Hi Folks....wow....3 posts in one day.....it's nearly 11.00am....have been up for 5 hours and what have I done.....well thanks to Naughty Mr Blogger.....sit at the 'puter screen and wait for him taking his time uploading these birthday pics...caught up with all the news in bloggyland and not much else. Oh boy did we have a fun filled day and this is a rather long pic filled post so maybe a cuppa and a comfy seat would be a good idea....After the horrendous downpours of Saturday.....we woke up on Sunday morning to glorious sunshine and headed off bright and early to the Soft Bear Play Centre about half an hour from where we live.....nestled in the hills and glorious scenery of Royal Deeside.

and we were greeted by these gorgeous guys......

and right next door... .I found these deer grazing......now deer are usually very shy timid animals

but after quite a lot of soft kissing noises.....she edged closer.....very curious

until she was right up at the fence and isn't she gorgeous

and perhaps this is the man in her life

you can just see his antlers beginning to grow...

still quite short and stubby...all velvety and soft

which means he is still quite young

and then it was indoors for the fun to begin.....I didn't get loads of pictures inside....grandkiddies were off like greased lightning....climbing up towers.....bouncing around.......running through tunnels.....jumping through hoops and sliding down chutes.....couldn't keep up with my legs never mind with my camera.....great fun for kids of all ages including Grandmas and Grandas and yes I came down the slide umpteen times.....much to Brodie's amusement.

and then it was time for opening parcels.....a bite of lunch

and CAKE

Time to go home to Grandma's for a well earned cup of tea....feet up and a game of football in the garden for those with any energy left....where do kids get their endless energy from.....I was exhausted just watching them....thank goodness they don't have birthday bashes every weekend.

And just to finish off a lovely day.....my lovely bloggy bud.....Dawn has given me this fabulous award....

translated "THIS BLOG IS A JEWEL"..... thanks so much Dawn.....and you are a real gem.....of the diamond variety....Big Hugs..xxxxxx and now for the BAD NEWS.....woke up this morning with a throat like a badger's bum.....feels like I have swallowed a razor blade......and I DO NOT....I repeat DO NOT have time to be ill......so off to gargle with salty water and suck on the old antiseptic lozenges till my face resembles a prune....and yes it's back to the cubbyhole after my crafting free weekend......catch up with you all tomorrow with hopefully a challenge card or two.......Hugs Kath xxxxxx