WIN: Exclusive Looper Merchandise 28/09/2012

I won some exclusive Looper merchandise from Looper UK on Facebook on 28th September 2012. I received it on 9th November 2012.

I'm so please with my Looper goodies! A fab bundle, one for my favourite film memoribilia   collection I reckon :)

WIN: Chuggington Icy Escapades DVD 28/09/2012

I won a Chuggington Icy Escapades DVD on the Chuggington Facebook page on 28th September 2012. I received it on 12th October 2012.

This is going to be a gift for Christmas for a relatives child :)

David's 10th Birthday

Yesterday, 27th September, was David's 10th birthday. I can't believe how quickly time passes, or more precisely, it's hard to believe my "little" boy is now 10 years old... Double figures and everything! In fact, thinking about, September 2013 will be his first year at senior school. Time really does fly. He's growing up so quickly...

David with his SpongeBob SquarePants cake which I made for him.

Anyway, back to his birthday... I was going to just buy him a ready made cake from the supermarket, but it seems he liked my home made treasure chest cake for his 9th birthday last year, that he challenged me to making him one again this year.

His favourite TV programme is SpongeBob SquarePants, so I decided to make him a SpongeBob themed cake. It took a long time to make, but I was quite pleased with the result. It made it all worthwhile when I saw his big smile when he saw it! I knew that if he was happy with it, it was all worth it...

The SpongeBob SquarePants birthday cake I made.

David wasn't too impressed that his birthday fell on a school day again, he checks the calendar every year in the hope that his birthday will be at a weekend! He'll have to wait until 2014 though! The advantage for me to him being at school is that it gave me time to get his birthday treats ready.

David's birthday cards.

We had a mini party for him, just David and my sister, Latisha, but he was happy enough. We couldn't afford anything big and grandeur. I made him some car sponge fingers, apple cakes, snake sandwiches, tri-colour jellies with cream, ice cream cone cakes, sausage rolls and cheese rolls along with his main birthday cake (all with the help of Paul thankfully or it wouldn't taken up more day than possible!)...

Snake sandwich.

Sponge finger racing cars.

Ice cream cone cakes.

He played some games with Tisha and they had some music and did some singing and dancing together and he had lots of fun...

Having just finished doing the Cha-Cha Slide...

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We were all totally shattered at the end of the day. We got David a laptop for his birthday. It wasn't a new one as we couldn't afford that, and it certainly wasn't his iPad he had hoped for (sadly I didn't win one for him), but he was really happy as his old laptop is several years old and the keys don't work and it's generally quite defective. We got him lots of PC games too which made him happy. We also got him a couple of Lego sets - a jet and a dinosaur set. He got money off his Grandma (my Mum), money off his 2nd Uncle & Aunt (my Uncle & Aunt) and the new LFC (Liverpool football club) home shirt off his Granny & Grandad (Paul's parents). He seemed very happy with all his presents and now he can look forward to going and spending his money at the weekend too!

WIN: Daybreak Team GB Sports Bag

I won a Daybreak Team GB sports bag from a competition I found on MSE that was on the ITV website - I didn't know I had won it, just got a surprise delivery on 28th September 2012.

It was a Daybreak sports bag containing a Persil t-shirt, 3 mini cones, a ball, a frisbee and a whistle which I gave to my 10 year old son - he was made up!

WIN: Nike+ SportWatch GPS 26/09/2012

I won a Nike+ SportWatch GPS from TomTom UK on Facebook on 26th September 2012. I received it on 19th October 2012.

This watch looks fab - fantastic for keeping track of stats & calories!