Party time!

The Bat Boys!

Go Super Heroes!

Wonder woman is having none of it!

Happy Birthday Dear Danny!

This is Danny's embarrassed face

Make a wish Danny!

The Super hero family!

Here is the cake the night before, waiting in the fridge

So today we celebrated Danny's 4th birthday with a party at the pool. The kids had a great time splashing around, getting chased by monsters in the whirlpool and sliding down the inflatable slide, splashing into the water!

Once we had all worked up an appetite we sat down to feast on some delicious food. Kids parties are the perfect target for crappy food, which is fine once in a while but if you get invited to a party every week and each week there is rubbish food, that's a bit more often than I'd like for my kids to be eating junk food. So I decided on popcorn, bliss balls made with dates, nuts, cacoa powder and honey, rice crackers, fruit, LCM bars (https://.iquitsugar.com/recipe/lcm-bars/) and KFC (Kid Friendly Chicken) drumsticks which I took from Sarah Wilsons' 'I Quit Sugar' recipe book. Since going to kids parties I can't help but notice that fairy bread (white bread with hundreds and thousands sprinkled on) is the most popular food of choice but if your kids are anything like my Danny, one bite of that and he will be higher than a kite and grumpy once the sugar wears off so I opted for a more natural form of sugar high.

Once the kids were dry it was time to turn into Super Heroes or anything they could get their hands on. Ryder had already brought along his Batman outfit and Danny was pleased to have a twin. Serena was Wonder woman and the others had wings and princess dresses on. Even Davie became Batman for a little while! And me, well I don't need the costume as we all know how super I am!!

Danny's face was a picture when it came to singing happy birthday. He is not a huge fan of singing and gets a little embarrassed when everyone sings to him! Never the less he loved his cake. I thought it was going to be a failure as I had ordered a Batman cake topper for it but when it came to peeling it off from the backing it wouldn't come off and was breaking apart. So a scrapped it and decided to stick some super hero Lego figures I had into it and it worked a treat, it looked better than sticking a cake topper on and it was 3D! The cake I made was wheat, gluten and dairy free and it's a Jamie Oliver recipe (http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/epic-vegan-chocolate-cake/ ) and it was delicious!

A fantastic 4th birthday party, thank you to all who made it!