16 September

Happy Birthday,
Mayanshi

 

11 today

 

Favourite things

Papa says this list changes roughly every fortnight, which is exactly as it should be.

  • Doodling in the margins
  • Chocolate cake
  • Reading past bedtime
  • Dancing in the kitchen
  • Rainy afternoons
  • Dogs, all of them
  • Swimming
  • Board game night
  • Loud music
  • Science experiments
  • Saying "actually…"

Pop the balloons

As fast as you can. The clock starts the moment you pop the first one.

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Your birthday fortune

Predictions for the year ahead. Accuracy not guaranteed. Pull one.

Pull the popper and find out what year eleven has planned.

A note from Papa

Eleven years ago you turned up and made everything louder, messier and about a hundred times better. There has not been a boring day since.

I hope this year brings the good kind of trouble — big questions, terrible jokes, books you cannot put down, and at least one thing you try even though it scares you a little.

This whole website is yours. Your name, your cake, your rules.

Happy birthday. I am so proud of you.

— Papa