The latest vlog was a very strange one (even by their standards).
I don't believe it was staged. It was clearly Aimee's birthday as we see Tillie in the frame still while she was opening presents. It seemed very half hearted though. Let's face it, they seem to film literally every aspect of their lives these days, in case it'll make good vlog content, so I'm not surprised they have footage but those scenes really felt like something they wouldn't have normal bothered editing to make the final cut for a vlog entry. It's obvious someone is reading on here and has seen the criticism aimed at the apparent bypassing of Aimee's birthday (hi Radfords!) So they've gone back and hastily put this together. When do we ever usually see them publish vlogs out of sequence? This was definitely an after thought.
The presents were indeed bizarre and Aimee didn't seem particularly keen on any of the clothes she was given. They were far too big for her. It definitely appears that they raided Chloe's wardrobe at the last minute. I get that her presents hadn't arrived but at 14 I'm sure Aimee would have understood and could have waited.
Whilst I agree it's unusual for Aimee to be a main focus, she's often there in the background helping with the little ones. The real shock for me was James making a brief appearance! If Sue hadn't of said his name I honestly wouldn't have known it was him sitting there fussing Heidie (I think he looks a lot like Luke).
A random aside, it makes me laugh how every vlog recently has shown the little ones either eating or at least being offered Coco Pops for breakfast, yet Sue always feels the need to point out it's a rare treat. Hardly that rare if they're having them in every vlog! It's fine Sue, many families let their kids live off Coco Pops, you don't need to justify it!
Also, why don't they bulk buy the massive boxes of cereal? They would save a fortune and it would be used up long before it goes stale in a family of that size. The cupboard was stuffed full of about 16 boxes of different cereals in the smallest size boxes. It must cost them a fortune and is far too much choice imo. Two or three choices of cereal at any one time is plenty.