Lisa showed us her front tooth was loose a week or so ago.. but on Saturday it was really loose and only held on by a thread of skin.. so we took it out before she lost it or swallowed it. She was so happy when it came out, that meant the tooth fairy would come and leave something for her under pillow haha.
The tooth fairy left her 2 chocolate gold coins and a shiny new £2 coin, which is burning a hole in her pocket. We’ll go to the park later today and maybe she can buy an ice cream for her and Emma
Right, well Easter is actually over, but I’m doing a blog posting now really just to put the pics of the kids online more then anything. The day was good, it started way to early though. Man the kids were up at the crack of dawn, if only it were the crack of dawn in the UK and not for say India .. shesh.
Thankfully, Yuki’s dad is here staying with us and he was looking after the kids.. Yuki and I managed to sleep in until nearly 9am, which was nice. In fact, we managed to sleep in until nearly 10am Friday and Saturday. I can’t even begin to recall sleeping in that late when vast amounts of alcohol was the direct cause of it. So can’t really complain much.
Anyhow, the day started with breakfast as usual.. then we sent the kids up stairs with their lao ye (grandfather in Chinese, it’s more specific then that, but trust me, you don’t want me to open that can of worms here and now ). Yuki and I took to hiding all the stuff for the kids.. candy, chocolate eggs, bunny’s, all sorts of rubbish haha. Then it was time to unleash the kids..
First, here is a quick tour of the hiding places of all the candy
Here’s a video of the “hunt” under way .. I love Emma’s comment at one point “I’ve got so many…”
Here are a few pics…
You can see all the pics and videos taken today by CLICKING HERE.
Enjoy the pics and videos. I hope to do more blogging in the future.. I’ve been pretty slack at getting out updates, but life has been full of upheavals that… well… frankly made blogging a chore.
Besides, I’m booked to attend WordCamp UK in July. It’s the second year for the event and the first year I’m going … it’s a weekend full of meeting other bloggers, some who do it for a living but most because they enjoy it (I assume anyhow). With enjoy luck this event will encourage me to blog more, or even just give me loads of ideas to make my blogging better (which frankly wouldn’t take much, I know I suck at blogging).
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
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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