Two weeks today
Our beautiful baby girl
Will turn one
This will be our fourth and final first birthday celebration
The end of our baby days
My emotions are all over the place at the moment
I knew that they would be
Before Edie turns one on the 8th May
We will celebrate Tilda’s birthday
Matilda Mae
Who would be turning six this year
Because of the closeness of the birthdays
And because at one Edie is really too young to know
Edie’s celebration will be quite low key
A farm day and birthday tea
On her actual birthday
Followed by a red, white and blue party
On the royal wedding weekend
With our family and closest friends
I have a few ideas
Of how I want those days to be
But no real plans in place
For both days Edie has a beautiful birthday crown to wear
And a brilliant rainbow first birthday badge
I have also bought her some lovely birthday outfits
Including birthday eve pyjamas
A union jack bunting dress from the awesome My Sister Mabel
And a duck and animal themed outfit for our day on the farm
I have not yet bought her any presents to open
Or anything to play with
I do not have the money
And as baby number 5 there are not really many play things that she really needs
But IF I had the money
These are the five gifts I would love to buy
My beautiful baby girl
A Butterfly Cottage Playhouse from Win Green
A butterfly tea set to invite her teddies to tea
And an Olli Ella Holdie House
So that she has a dolls house of her own
Not shared with her older siblings
And a Wobbel Board
Which brings with it the gift of open ended play
Creative and physical
Imaginative
Collaborative
Play
There are a whole host of things I wish for our daughter
Hopes and dreams to share
(A whole other blog post!!)
But these are the play things I would buy for her
If I could
On her first birthday
Her very first birthday
Gifts that will keep on giving for a lifetime
Gifts that will punctuate her childhood
And help her to make magical memories through play
With her friends
Her family
For years and years to come
It is a happy talent to know how to play
Ralph Waldo Emerson