{"id":8245,"date":"2014-03-19T21:06:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T21:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=8245"},"modified":"2014-09-22T21:01:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T21:01:43","slug":"seven-on-happiness-and-lego-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/seven-on-happiness-and-lego-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven – on Happiness and Lego Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A little belated Happy Birthday post for the Small Boy…. \u00a0 \u00a0It was actually a few days ago now, \u00a0but it wouldn’t seem right to not document it on here – in the hope that he will look back on this one day…<\/p>\n

I have been quite lucky this year, as he too gave me a reprieve in the birthday cake department! \u00a0He opted to hold his party at one of Munich’s few soft play centres (as hellish as their UK counterparts – but often the easier party option!). \u00a0 Having been to a party here previously where the birthday boy had a rather spectacular hedgehog birthday cake, Small boy then got it into his head that it \u00a0was absolutely mandatory to have the same, and I for one wasn’t about to argue…<\/p>\n

Even the class cakes were easier than last year’s Yodas<\/a>, and took into account his lifelong fixation with everything Lego (for they are Lego heads in case you can’t tell!!). \u00a0 \u00a0In the two and a half years that we have lived in Munich, it’s amazing how many more cake decorating things are suddenly available – hence the near perfect yellow tone thanks to cake-melts found in town. \u00a0 \u00a0No experimentation necessary with white chocolate and food colouring this year… \u00a0As ever, if you want to make them yourself you can find out how here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The day after his party was actually his real birthday, and the sun came out properly for the first time this year – reader it was even WARM! \u00a0 We gave him a few outdoor options to maximise family Vitamin D exposure, and he chose to spend the day climbing like a spider at Waldkletterpark Oberbayern<\/a> . \u00a0Dangling by a rope from the treetops isn’t my idea of a birthday treat, but if you are newly Seven, it is apparently the best thing ever (Mr R. took the photo below just in case you are wondering!!)….<\/p>\n

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Afterwards we popped out for dinner, followed by birthday ice-cream at the spectacular der\u00a0Verr<\/a><\/span>\u00fcckte Eismacher<\/a> (the Crazy Ice Cream Maker!). \u00a0 \u00a0We first learned about this place at Oktoberfest last year, when we got talking to a top-hatted character waiting for the same train home – it’s not every day that you see someone in a top hat in Munich after all! \u00a0 Anyway, when we parted he gave us his card and told us we must visit his Ice Cream Parlour – like I am going to say no to that! \u00a0 And I am pleased to say I can highly recommend the artisanal ice cream here, and I am always intrigued by the slightly unusual flavours on offer – weissbier or gorgonzola anyone? \u00a0 I can vouch that the burned almond flavour is truly delicious, and the birthday boy enjoyed sampling Oreo and Easter Egg amongst others in this shrine to Alice in Wonderland… \u00a0 \u00a0If it is your birthday by the way, make sure you mention it, for you might even be serenaded by the Veruchter EisMacher himself, complete with accordion (and top hat of course!)…<\/p>\n

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Anyway, a little note to my birthday boy… Happy Birthday my sweet! \u00a0I loved watching you at your party the other day – it was a good reminder as to exactly why we have chosen this life for however long it might last (and believe me I can really do with those at the moment!). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thanks to this perhaps, you have a natural ability to converse with pretty much anyone wherever they might be from (and quite often choose to do so now in German too, which amuses me greatly – and makes me slightly jealous at the same time)! \u00a0 \u00a0 You are quite the clown amongst your friends – something I had always had my suspicions about, and your laugh (along with that of your sister’s) is definitely one of my favourite sounds in the World (and I will admit to telling you jokes featuring your favourite word “Poo” just to hear an extra chuckle when I need to!..). \u00a0 \u00a0 There are of course times that you might be at each other’s throats, but I am so grateful for the bond that being a <\/span>third culture child <\/a>has given you and your sister. \u00a0Today I saw an essay she had written at school on Happiness. \u00a0Halfway down she had written “Happiness is my little brother – even if he is the most annoying person on the planet”… don’t tell her I told you! \u00a0 \u00a0It goes without saying that the pair of you are mine…<\/span><\/p>\n

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