Poppy was very excited when she arrived yesterday morning, not only was Grandad off work to see her, it was also his birthday! When he asked her to help him open his presents she insisted they were her presents, and that it was her birthday! She did give him a cuddle and kiss and said happy birthday to him.
We decided it would be nice to take her to the garden centre as they have the christmas display on show and we knew she would like the magical wonderland. As we walked to the entrance there was a train all lit up which she stood watching for a while, asking if she could have a ride in the train. Unfortunately it was not the kind you can ride in so we distracted her by pointing out the huge Father Christmas figure standing beside the entrance doorway, not the real one obviously, he is too busy, just a model.
She liked the snowy scene just inside the door, with polar bears, seals and snowmen though she said she was a bit scared of the polar bear. There were Santas galore, reindeers, more polar bears, christmas trees, penquins, robins, you name it, anything you can think of to do with christmas and a few I had never really associated with the festive season before! I pointed out a nice white fluffy owl model but Poppy declared she does not like owls! She was very taken with the penquins and loved some laser lights that were shining on the floor, making different patterns so that she was trying to stamp on the light dots which were jumping around. A model church, all lit up from inside, was admired and she very carefully stroked a large reindeer which was bigger than her.
Then she spotted the fish, I`m talking real fish now, she really really loves fish. She headed towards the tanks, talking ten to the dozen, closely followed by Grandad with me bringing up the rear, by now finding walking rather difficult. I noticed a small, unattended counter so decided to lean on it for a bit of a rest, only to be called over with the cry "Grandma, Grandma, come and look at this fish." I can tell you there were a lot of tanks in the place, and she wanted to peer into every one of them! I had to make a excuse to go to the toilet, mainly because I needed to sit down for a moment! She saw rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, all real ones this time, before wanting to go back to the fish!!! I admitted defeat and had the car keys to go and sit in the car, Grandad said he would let her have another look at the fish and then he would bring her out to me. I was so glad to sit down when I reached the car!!
Poppy was not too happy when Grandad arrived back at the car, but I think by then he was also worn out. When we had her strapped safely into the car seat we set off for home, I kept telling her that the dogs wanted to see us as she was not at all pleased to be on the way home, she wanted to go back and see the fish!!
After tea, when Emma arrived to fetch Poppy, we lit the candles in the smallest cake we could find. Gray has been told to diet because his blood pressure is high, and I too am on a diet, so neither wanted to have to many calories! Poppy joined in with the chorus of happy birthday to her Grandad before helping him to blow out the candles then she ate a huge slice of cake which is nice to see, when she is poorly she does not eat much, so when her appetite is good its lovely to see her eating well.
Grandad got an extra big birthday cuddle before she went home.
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