Today at Ladybird Pre-School they had their Christmas Bizarre and Santa’s Grotto. We entered the raffle as well and walked out with a pair of advent calendars for the kids. So they’ll get to open those little doors each day until Christmas.
It was a good time there. Emma, Lisa and Daddy went along with Yang, Oliver and Olivia. Yuki stayed home to sleep as she was working today. The kids all had a great time. They made hats and decorated them with all sorts of bits and pieces that could be drawn on or glued on. The kids also got to see Santa, sort of the main reason for going really. They waiting in a very very short queue since we got there early, then sat with Santa and bent his ear for a few minutes no doubt giving a list longer then his arm of things they want. Emma was actually quite quiet, she really want sure what to make of Santa… looked like she might actually cry but managed to get some courage and spoke to him haha.
After we got home from this it was time to get dressed up in their party outfits for an evening at a birthday party for Ted, Emma’s classmate that turned 3. Sorry, no pics from that
Yuki was off today to Champney’s Health Spa today (belated b-day present), Lisa was in school all day and Daddy had the day off and had to look after Emma. Having done some running around in the morning we’d decided to go swimming.
Check out all the pics and videos taken at the pool today .. CLICK HERE
Well, that is to quote a line from 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons - English) by Nena. The fireworks held at Cottenham Primary School this year were great. The kids had a great time as well. It sure was cold though, only 9C but with the wind and being mostly exposed to the wind in the school grounds it was quite chilling and everyone was well cold by the end of the show.
You can see all the pics and the videos from the night by CLICKING HERE.
Well it’s that time of the year again, already. I was a single parent tonight with the kids, Yuki had to work. So, I had to rush the kids around the neighbourhood, then come back to dish out candy to the others that came around to visit us. It was a pretty cold tonight, only around 5 or 6C.. we did about 3/4 of our little area around here.. the kids got quite a bit of candy, so they’ll be all set.
Here’s a couple pics..
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Well, Lisa had finally had her 5th birthday. We’ve been hearing about this since her 4th party ended, and no doubt we’ll be spending the next year listening to how soon her 6th birthday party will be coming along.
The kids both had a great day today. Lisa had to wait until about 1130 or so to open her gifts because we wanted to have the webcam on so Nana Shirley, Nana Carol and Grandpa Bob in Canada could watch the opening of the gifts. The web cast went ok but next year I really must try something better, a proper Vlog sort of thing.
Some pics of the main gift opening from this morning
At around 5pm our friends all came around with their kids (Yang with Oliver and Olivia, followed by Stuart (her partner), plus Sam and Liz with their kids Tabbie, Ted and the as yet unborn baby to be ). Yang and Stuart gave both Lisa and Emma a “Red Pack” a typical Chinese gift, a red pack with £10 for each of them. Liz and Sam brought over a pair of Groovy Girls dolls. We put Emma’s away until her birthday though.
Here are some pics from the party in the afternoon
You can see all the photos including a short video by going directly to the Flickr Photo Gallery.
Thanks to everyone that sent gifts for the kids. Lisa really enjoyed them all and I’m sure Emma will when she gets to open hers too! Watch this space for Emma’s birthday party results
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