Presents were ready for Neil's arrival in the morning, and we all sat down to a delicious breakfast of croissants, fruit salad and Raven Road Muesli (patent pending).
Penny arrived later in the day - on holiday from Jane's parents. She seemed nonplussed by the fesitivities, along with pretty much everything else.
Neil is 8 - for the 5th time!
The night before was also a culinary wonderland, featuring Jane's most excellent fishcakes...
And of course the essential birthday cake... (Plum upside-down cake in this case).
Neil struggles to blow out eight candles - by my count it took him five attempts...
But he looked very pleased with his lot afterwards...
At least until his medication wore off...
