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The month of the Marigold

I have never met a prouder birth group of people than those born in October. Not proud in a cruel, egotistical sense, rather more in a celebratory style!

Remember last year when P-J's birthday gave me my first, ever grey hair? So for starters, I made it clear that I was in no way aiming to better the deal this year. Said with all the love in the world, of course.

Inspired by the fresh air and fantastic farm food that we'd enjoyed in the past 3 months, we decided on a family picnic at the Green Point Urban Park. 

It was touch and go initially, with the steady stream of visitors flocking to the park... Fortunately, our contingent looked solid, and we scored ourselves the perfect spot under a big tree on the grass with 'firm but not-so-forced tactics.'

Armed with picnic snacks, (mandatory) easy  coffee, birthday cake and bicycles...we settled in and enjoyed the sunny afternoon. 

"Happeee Bird-day, Peejayy!"

White chocolate and almond vanilla cake with cream cheese filling

Birthday speech, nogal!

Water games

Post-water games

The finish strait

Just a lazy afternoon snooze

What did I learn this year? Well, that P-J is as much the family-loving, picnic eating, playful Dad and friend, as he is the leather-clad, cruiser biker of last year's celebrations! And what makes it even better is that we could spend the day enjoying him! 

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  1. michelleOctober 27, 2014 at 4:49 PM

    Yeah! Welcome back! Just managed to get that one in before October is done! Looks like the perfect place for a picnic.

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