Party, party, party...

Sunday 9th July, and Laura's first proper birthday party, with 8 of her friends from nursery...plus a couple of siblings and assorted parents.

We hired a face painter and ended up with two cats, one princess and several spidermen.

The party seemed to go very well, despite the weather, and we only had to abandon the garden completely once. We played pass the parcel, musical staues AND muusical bumps! 

In Dublin's fair city...

After the Dundalk trip Peter and Laura joined me in Dublin, and we had a lovely weekend .

Picture one is Peter getting his whiskey tasting certificate at the Jameson's distillery.





Picture two shows us in a horse drawn carriage having a tour of Georgian Dublin....not necessarily my first choice of a way to get rid of 50 Euros (yes....50), but Laura was so taken by the horses....and waving at people...so I guess
we got our money's worth.




And finally...the highlight of Laura's first visit to Ireland? Walking on cobbles. No...I don't understand either. We actually asked her this morning why she liked the cobbles, and her answer? "Because I did". Fair enough.