Party!

Eleanor had her first birthday party yesterday. It was a 'pink' party - pink food, pink bubbly, pink decorations, and a pink(ish) outfit for the birthday girl. (Not sure what I was thinking there, as I generally don't dress her in pink all the time, but it was lovely, and everyone had a great time.)

We decided that our family would be enough for this first party - so we had Granny Wendy, Gram Margaret, Grandad Jim, Aunty Maryanne and Ethan, and Uncle Joe and Aunty Mandy there. All the attention was on Eleanor of course!

She loved helping to unwrap her presents, and got straight down to the serious business of testing them out and playing with them all.

It is hard to believe that our little girl is one already, and amazing to reflect on all the milestones she has reached over the last year. Ever the energetic little monkey, Eleanor is walking, dancing, constantly chatting away, and into just everything.

I decided months ago on a recipe for The Birthday Cake, which actually was cupcakes rather than one big cake. I had so much fun making all the sugar rosebuds, and then got into a big hot flap on Friday doing the actual baking... The end result was perfect - and we will remember them, even if Eleanor doesn't.

We are looking forward to all the exciting developments in store for us over the next year... and to sharing some of them with you on this site.