Rosie and Emily have a much better social life than their parents. Hands up if you'd like to spend two hours jumping on a trampoline, painting canvasses, pretending to be animals to the soundtrack of Happy Feet, eating fairy bread, popcorn and fruit kebabs followed by a choice between triple chocolate cake and a variety of multi coloured day- glo cupcakes? Well, that's exactly what our girls have been doing this afternoon. Two of Rosie's classmates shared a 5th birthday party and what a fab time they all had. With Rosie's birthday coming up in a month's time, her party demands are coming thick and fast to the point where she has sat and drawn up several lists; theme, guests, games, food and accessories (think, pinatas(!), yes I know, it's getting silly). She has even gone so far as to compose some signs with party rules, one of them being "No Boys Allowed to Fight at This Party"! I'm doing my best to persuade her that simple is sometimes best and that there is just as much fun in pass the parcel and jelly and ice cream but she's not really buying it. One great parenting bonus to these major life events for children of this age is the power to threaten to take it all away as a consequence for bad behaviour. I'm not sure if this tactic would be wholly endorsed by the parenting experts but it certainly works in our house. She's never sure if I would really be so cruel as to cancel her party but she's also not willing to take that risk. So at the moment we are enjoying a certain level of cooperation, good manners and tolerance of Sister. After July, who knows? Perhaps Father Christmas can be persuaded to start spying early this year.....
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