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This year was a bit different for Aaron’s birthday as Coby had just been born. This limited us to what we could do, but we still gave him a good time for his 3rd birthday!

The day before his actual birthday, we went to the National Marine Aquarium. Kelly and I hadn’t been there for years, and the boys had never been there before either. It was quite expensive to get in but by booking online previous to the visit, we managed to get some money off, and you are also free to return for no additional cost for the next 12 months. Suffice to say, Ben and Aaron loved it there!  They enjoyed looking at all the various fish and may have actually learnt what a few of them were! We had lunch there as well in the Cafe, which was expensive but nice, and there was also a soft play area in the Cafe for children to go and play in before and after eating. The boys were playing in that for the entire time that we weren’t eating, and enjoyed it very much.  There were a few people there but not that busy.  After our food, we went and had another look around and basically retraced our steps. This was mainly to get our money’s worth for the day as if it was just Kelly and I, we could have gone around in less than half an hour. All in all, it was a very enjoyable time and Aaron enjoyed this day out for his birthday, and Coby (on his first proper trip out) was good as gold.

National Marine Aquarium

National Marine Aquarium

On his actual birthday (on the Sunday), we were up very early (mainly due to Coby anyway) and went downstairs. As soon as Aaron went through the front room door, he became very excited to see all his presents and cards ready for him on the sofa, as well as the decorations around the room. We had to tell him to calm down as he skipped straight over and almost started to rip into his presents! He had some lovely gifts such as a Leap Pad with a game, some new clothes, a Power Ranger figure, a Cars playset, a Batmobile, a Batman figure, money, a large and small Captain America figure, a Captain America fancy dress suit (which is really cool and looks great on him!) and many other things. He enjoyed them all and played with them as much as he could. He also got plenty of cards, but he wasn’t as interested in those! 😉

Over dinner time, we held a little party for him for a couple of hours, with some party treats to eat.  A few of his friends came such as Lucia, Grace, Charlie, Declan, Ella and Kian (as well as their Mum’s). The children were running riot around the house but all had great fun. Luckily the weather was very nice, so we put some mats and a rug outside and the children had a picnic on it. They loved this! Aaron got some more lovely presents such as a car set, Spider-man colouring in set, some sweets and a couple of other little things. After the two hours were up, everyone left after having a great time, but we were shattered as we then had to clear up and hoover up the mess! 😉

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Later on in the afternoon, Grandma, Grandpa Tony, Uncle Darren and Aunty Marina popped in to give Aaron his presents. At this point, I don’t think he could believe that he had any more presents to open! 😉

All in all, Aaron had a lovely birthday weekend, and I was quite relieved that it fell during my paternity leave, so I could soak it all in properly without having to worry about work!

Thank you to everyone who gave him cards and presents!