07:30:57
Pile of presents for Erika.07:47:22
Erika and her sea monkeys (tiny shrimp things) from Japan.07:55:22
A sort of sandscape thing from Adrian and Liz.08:46:54
Erika is studying vikings at school at the moment so as a silly present I got her a viking long boat.
11:51:31
It even had a motor on the bottom!12:37:49
Erika assembling the boat.12:48:34
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12:52:09
Attaching the sail.15:03:06
Erika and her birthday decorations.15:09:01
16:02:36
Erika and her friend at the nail salon. Don't they look grown up?
18:24:34
Erika and her friend at dinner - by Erika's request I had made a trio of pasta - three different shapes with three different sauces (pesto, cheese sauce and a sort of Bolognese). They are drinking "Kodomo no Biru" - "Kid's Beer". From Japan of course.19:08:33
Erika putting the finishing touches to her cake.19:11:02
A couple of videos of the birthday cake.19:11:53
22:02:37
Erika's friend's parents joined us for dinner and we got talking about Japanese whisky, so I got this old bottle out.