Birthday

Oh to be 13 again ~ my beautiful little S celebrates her 13th betrothed with her friends by hosting a "birthday sleep over" The lead up to this has been so exciting for S and her girl friends. 5 lovely little girls who have been such sweet friends to Sammie over the years,We have little P who once lived just a few doors away, and would play out side in the alley for hours or come in and watch telly the two girls went to nursery together and little P would often set out on her walk just before us and make her mum wait for Sammie, is S wasn't going for what ever reason it would set little P into such a panic. P has since moved house but is still only 10 mins away and both the girls see each other at guides one a week.

She invited her friend T from next door, they have that typical childhood friendship that has seen lots of make up and break ups over the years, living so close can often mean the girls live in each others pockets, School together, after school play and sleep overs, This friendship is about to take a new step as the girls part and move on to different high schools.

J ~ She is probably Sammie's most missed friend, the girls had such a strong friendship in primary school but moving to different middle schools meant keeping in touch hasn't been easy, With J living in a different area and our paths not crossing on a regular basis, they have done well over the years to keep each other in the loops of their lives.S always has the biggest smile on her face when ever J is around, Both the girls will soon be reunited at high school, those years are going to bring many many changes for them both as they leave behind their childhood and enter their teenage years to adult hood,  one wish for them both is that this friendship will survive all these next few years will throw at them.

Chloe is my friend Debbie's little girl, she is a year older than S, Since Debbie and I met some 5 years or so ago now the girls have spent lots of time together and a firm friendship has formed, they have shared holidays together,Christmas party's, summer days, birthdays, pantos and many day trips out with our families. & last but not least she invited Sarah , Sarah is a friend who S met through gymnastics, the girls quickly formed a good friendship and became competition partners and many long exciting Gym competition travels meant the girls friendship just went to big heights that nothing was keeping them apart after they quit.

So Thirteen years ago, my 2nd daughter came into the world, with big brown eyes, these years have flown :~

Samantha means ::: listening and one who cares and gives there all to everyone else sometimes neglecting ourselves::: from the times she could sit it was clear she would follow in the traits of her name ...

S started the day off at home by opening her gifts, from me 13 token gifts with little messages attached to each and money for a new bike. From her sisters, some body cream , a pen set from her brother a drawing book. Her Grandad Fred arrived first thing and once her friend Sarah arrived he took the girls to town, treated S to her birthday gift - a Paul Frank bag and let her with some money in town. The girls had lunch followed by a bit of shopping before heading home for when her Dad and Georgi popped  to give her her gift of money, spend a little time with her and collect her siblings ready for her friends arrival. Those friends all started arriving from 3.45 P, J, T and not long after 4 came C .. From that point on S was the perfect party hostess making sure all her friends were happy, had enough to drink, were not left alone for too long and had equal time of talking with her, the first hour as her friends got reacquainted with each other was quiet exhausting for S .. but it all paid of as they soon were all giggling as one as they went off to the park, The evening was pizza dinner, cakes and lots of chocolate resulting in children who were awake all night playing games, watching movies and chatting, From what I hear Chlo got the most sleep taking in approx 3 hours, T & P managed about 30mins, my birthday babe a little over that and J & S nothing .. ME I think I managed about 4 hours of very broken sleep .. Strange sitting on the out side watching in, All the girls were very polite, very chatty, but clearly able to entertain them self's. ~  I believe everyone of them enjoyed them self's, my beautiful baby certainly did . . .