Birthday photos

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Birthday Cake

Big day tomorrow.... Cooper will be 3! He has been saying since July that he wants a cake like Oskar's with coloured dots and sprinkles on it. Somewhere along the line he also has mentioned cupcakes (I assume because a friend had cupcakes for her 2nd birthday and the picture of his 1st birthday has him with a cupcake). So I found a lady who makes GIANT cupcakes and gave her the photo of Oskar's cake and this is what she came up with! It is the size or a normal birthday cake (but taller!). When I picked it up today and we let him have a peep inside the box, the look on his face was priceless!! (Yes, I will add the 3 candles in the morning)

New big boy bed

Seeing as there is an almost 3-year old in our house, it was time for a new bed. We talked about it a bit and Cooper announced that he 'would like a bunk bed for my big-boy bed please mummy'. So eventually off we went to do some shopping and he was quite taken with one that had it's own staircase (as were we, as a staircase seems a little more safe than a ladder). So we ordered it (along with various matching pieces of furniture), and a few days before it was to be delivered Cooper said 'I would like black sheets on my bed'. I tried to ignore the request, but it was repeated several times over about 3 days including in the shop where we went to get the sheets and duvets (comforters) - sheets etc plural as of course you need double of everything being bunks. So trying to get something to go with black sheets was interesting - couldn't be orange as that would look like Halloween which was in full swing at the time; so I found a green to match the stripe in his curtains that had white spots on it. When the bunks arrived and I was making up the beds there was a bit of a commotion about not wanting the spotted side, only the nice green side of the duvet. So here is the psychedelic green underside which for Cooper is the outside (and does NOT match the stripe in the curtains!). You are forgiven for thinking that we have a teenager in the house!!!
Luckily his room is quite big as the bunks are quite huge. On the left underneath is a writing desk and the double-bed underneath has wheels on it so good for moving to vacuum. The stairs have drawers in them which is quite cool.

A lot of time is spent just playing on the top during the day! He does sleep on the bottom at night but is allowed to have his afternoon sleep on top if he wants. Here is the view from the top!