A nice, quiet birthday

Little girl's facial expression when she saw her birthday cake, when we celebrated her with cake and presents in bed, was priceless.

She also really liked her presents (Pippi Longstocking's plushie horse, a wooden animal puzzle and a Brio tool box that I had found second hand and made into "Tweak's Toolbox" (Kirras verktygsväska in Swedish) to fit the Octonaut theme. I had sewn two softie carrots for it, so that it "really is Tweak's toolbox!". The Octonaut mechanic's catchphrase in the series is "I can fix it faster than you can say 'buncha munchy crunchy carrots!'"

Little boy didn't seem to understand the fuss at all, but he seemed to think that the weird breakfast was better than the normal baby gruel. So he ate cake, even if he normally hates sweets.

Little girl also managed to open her birthday card from her maternal grandparents on her own. She saw the seahorses and fishes on the card and was happy - more Octonaut themed things for her.