Tom's 9th birthday party

It was Tom's 9th birthday on Tuesday and he chose to go to Ribs & Rumps for dinner.  After a massive plate of ribs he also polished off a chocolate mousse!

His cake was a rather pathetic shop-bought affair.  

On Friday afternoon Tom had a joint birthday party with his mate, Harry, for 25 of their friends.  Due to the weather forecast of 40+ degrees we moved the party to a harbour beach near us.  I took Custard for a walk down to the beach on Friday morning and found a "Pool Closed" sign.  We decided to ignore the sign.  

The party was brilliant.  We started with "hunt the goggles", swim, egg & spoon, sack race, three-legged race, swim, treasure hunt, eat, swim, disco.  The grown-ups were exhausted!

 The girls stuffing party bags

I cooked a lot of sausages in advance

On Sunday morning Tom had his first board carnival.  He came 8th in his heat and 10th in the final.  

Tom and Harry waiting for the first heat

Tom doing the final leg in the first heat