Madeleine's 11th birthday

For my daughter Maddy's 11th birthday I got her tickets to see the West End Musical Mamma Mia. She loved the film, loved the music, so it was a great idea to take her to the show. I went with her down on the train after school. This was her birthday poem



Would you like a CD or paperback book
A DVD, t-shirt or something to cook

An audio book would have been nice
Or a Chinese takeaway with lots of fried rice

A pink accessory to go with your room
Or some flowery nice smelling girlie perfume

A soft pink pillow to go on your bed
Or an outdoor toy to be stored in the shed

No, Nana and Grandad gave me some money, money, moneySo you could eat something like Honey, Honey

The last few weeks, the weather’s been a bummer
But we’ve had lots of fun during our last summer

We will go out for a meal and have a huge ice-cream
I expect we will enjoy ourselves as I have a dream

Remember to flush when you go to the loo
They do, so do I, I do, I do, I do

So now you are 11, let’s go and have a ball
As the birthday girl’s a winner and should ‘take it all!’