The McKenzies' Blog…

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.

(More pics on Flickr – CLICK HERE)

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

Today is Emma’s birthday and she’s 3.  Emma is taking cupcakes to school today to share with her friends.

We’ll have pictures later today once the kids get home from school, I’ll update this entry then.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

EMMA

Video of Emma getting her "cake" (Cup cakes)

You can see the rest of the pics in the gallery by clicking on any of the photos, it will take you to Our Flickr Gallery.

Waking up this morning it was a spectacular day out there.  Not a cloud in site and nothing but blue skies and Sun, but cool, 14C on the outside temp. 

I decided to take the kids to the Linton Zoo, south of Cambridge.  We’ve been there a few times before.  It’s a nice little local zoo.  We heard a talk about the tigers they have, the youngest one which is just over 2 years old will be sent to Sweden for breeding.  Apparently it’s quite common for zoos to pimp out their animals for breeding purposes

Here are some of the pics from today, see the all the pics at Linton Zoo Pics

Today was the first day of Pre-School for Emma for this year and the first day for Lisa in the “big” school.  Both were very excited to get back and see their friends again.

From this year Lisa has to wear uniforms to school.  That’s a good thing.. uniforms are pretty cheap and it means no fighting with her on what she can wear for the day   Well she can decide between the 2 official uniforms of the school so it’s limited choices.

You can see the rest of the pics here: Ready for School

Sorry, no pics from the school.. it was was chucking it down with rain today and couldn’t be bothered.