With much excitement and in anticipation of wonderful things, we celebrated Alexander's 6th birthday last weekend.

The day started out with the ritual opening of presents - a set of junior golf clubs this year! Not plastic toy clubs, but real metal junior clubs. Then, Alexander made his own birthday cake and decorated it with jelly spider, snakes and bugs. Very tasty, I might add.

For a months, when asked what he would like for his birthday, he simply said that he wanted us to take him out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate. So that's what we did. On his birthday evening, we took him to Le Pont de la Tour, a conran restaurant on the Thames overlooking Tower Bridge.

Dressed up in his best clothes, we headed into town for his special evening. He tried some new food, got to drink out of a wine glass and behaved very well indeed.

To mark the occasion, the Tower Bridge even opened twice during dinner. That evening, it just so happened that the Prince's Trust was having a big concert beside the Tower Bridge. So, as well as the party, the Prince Charles's boat sailed up and back a couple of times and they had to open the bridge to let it through. It was the first time I had ever seen the bridge lift, and Xander got to see it twice in a night.

After dinner, we headed to the bar next door to listen to some jazz musicians. Xander really got into it, grooving along to the music. It was so much fun to take him out on the town - he was great company. We were so proud of him. Our fine young man!

On Sunday he took a crowd of his little mates bowling to celebrate. They had a ball.

According to the young man himself, this was the best birthday he has ever had!