Jared's Birthday Party
5 years ago i panicked when Jo had her first contractions when Jared was ready to face the world…..5 years on…im still panicking as my little baby is growing, turning 5 and soon to be attending school! Soon he will bringing girls home…..actually that wouldn’t be so bad but still its too fast!
For weeks, Jo had been planning to throw Jared a bit of a birthday party as it was going to be a special one. It is the year where all his friends from daycare will go their seperate ways and start attending schools that they are zoned to. As we were based in the East of Auckland, Jared would be zoned to a school where none of his friends would be attending and therefore a brand new circle of friends.
Anyhow we figured for his 5th birthday party, we would do it somewhere which no one else had picked before, Butterfly Creek. Jo basically planned it all nicely, down to the food and entrance fee. What we didn’t foresee was that some of the kids would be absolutely traumatised by those butterflies! The butterfly enclosure is nicely closed off so you get the odd one landing on your shoulder or head. It turned out completely opposite to what we had expected….it was meant to be a place where it was like a garden of Eden with butterflies of all colours everywhere but instead it turned out to be nightmare up butterfly creek.
It turned out to be a great day however, despite the fact that Auckland’s only salt water crocodile exhibit was somewhat uneventful as the crocs refused both their meals and the constant taunting by the keepers. The kids weren’t too bothered by this however as they seemed to entertain themselves through other means, which involved constant running and screaming (the cheerful kind).
It was certainly a memorable day and i made sure i took alot of photos to ensure it wouldn’t be forgotten.
Happy Birthday My Darling Jared!
