My Birthday!
Hi everyone! I know this is a bit late, seeing as it was on the 26 of may, But…..I’m 14! This year for the first time I had a small birthday party, Just four of us. We started with a Mad Hatters tea party; down by the river in a magical clearing we sipped lady grey tea (fancier then earl grey), from my child hood fairy tea set and nibbled delicious dainties. Homemade bunting strewn around the hanging vines made it feel like I was back on the Extravaganza!
We went into Motueka for some Opshopping, they all closed (it was a Saturday…) So naturally we hit the $2 shop and brought the essentials:
- Poo sunglasses
- Fart putty
- Toilet pens
- Watermelon socks
- Taco socks
- Avocado socks
To top it all off we visited the Warehouse for Tik Tac’s. We were a shop owners worst nightmare, a gang of teenage girls touching everything and buying nothing!
Then the main event, Poker and mocktails! We all went up to my room and proceeded to smear ourselves in makeup and put on our most glamorous gowns.
Then we thundered back down the stairs and into the stunning room Mum, Dad, Dallas, and Jaz had set up, there were trays of snacks and yummys on the side board and it was game on! We finished with a movie and messed around till 3 am. The best birthday ever! It was so great to see my beautiful friends again. Thanks Mum and Dad for making it so special❤❤❤!
Mount Arthur failure
Itchy feet, twins with endless energy, Dad looking constantly at the hills, once again it was mission time! Dad really wanted to take Mum and the boys up to the summit of Mt Arthur, as him and I had already done so in 4 years ago when I was 10. We found the right day weather wise, and drove the 40 minute winding unsealed steep road to Flora car park, after leaving our Chihuahuas (Jema, Pixie and Raccoon) at the “Four Foot Lodge” Animal Boarding Kennel & Cattery.
When we got to the start of the track a freezing wind was blowing and we slipped on our puffer jackets, we started walking hoping that it would warm us up, it did not. Murky clouds flew overhead as we trudged up the bleak but beautiful path. After one and a half hours we reached Mount Arthur hut, icicles hung from the snow dusted trees it was a frozen fairyland, thankfully the fire had been left going, so the tiny hut was toasty. We melted in front of the fire and unpacked our sleeping bags then read some “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 1” while slurping hot chocolate.
Having got there way to early (1pm), we were left with two wrestling crazy boys, somehow still full of energy! It was a looooooooooooooong afternoon. Right at the height of a testosterone fueled wrestling match, in walked Nick from Holland who joined us in the hut for the night. Poor man.
We woke up to low grey racing clouds and an angry drizzle of freezing rain, Dad was being menacingly cheerful ” It’s just a bit of rain, heaps of people go tramping in the rain” he insisted. I don’t give a toss if “heaps of people go tramping in the rain” I’m bloody well not walking to the top of Mount Arthur in this weather! Of course I kept my swear words to myself for Dads sake. In the end post walking part way up the hill, we managed to persuade him that it was horrible, cold and windy and that we should turn around and head back to the car!
That was my Birthday Blog I hope you enjoyed it!
Love Dylan Daisy❤