Amber’s 8th

For some months now Amber has been counting down the sleeps till her big day. First on the agenda was what to ask for – this took some serious thought, and eventually distilled to a list of Hello Kitty items.

She got the Hello Kitty, doll thing for Christmas and has developed something of a craze about all things HK. The Build-a-Bear workshop in Reading is where the purchase was made, and they have a massive selection of clothes, furniture and accessories. She chose the kitty, stuffed it, chose and gave it a heart.

Since then, she’s spent hours on-line making a list of all the clothes and other HK things that she’d like to add to her collection. So, from all the family all she got was Hello Kitty stuff. Clothes, pyjamas, slippers etc AND a chair!

Amber wanted us to hide all her presents so that she could have a treasure hunt in the morning.

Sadly, or maybe, predictably she woke up the entire house at 4:30 in the morning and came through to us very excited. Sarah was NOT amused at being woken at such a horrid hour, rolled over and went back to sleep. Amber was too excited to sleep in her own bed (no we were not going to do presents at 4:30 in the morning) so she spent the next 2 hours or so in our bed as still as you can imagine.

The party at The Mad House was at 12:00 and about a dozen friends from school joined in to wish her a very happy day.

All played out, the girls finished off the party the way all good ones end, with snacks and cake!

Once home, there was the wearying task of unpacking more presents… no more Hello Kitty dictates here though.

Happy birthday Amma!