Christmas 09
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Friday, December 25, 2009
Christmas 2009
Mike is dictating:
A very peaceful Christmas. We spent it at home with no family or friends, just us. Santa seemed to get everything just right.
(Mike is distracted by semi-naked cheerleaders on TV.)
Kids had a great time and behaved incredibly well. Mike and Jill did a lovely roast chicken dinner which was enjoyed by all.
And then bizarrely enough we went for a swim - or rather the kids swam while we watched. Mark did his first ever full swim with no armbands at all after some gentle coaxing from M&D.
Big hits:
Mark - Darda track, Mario Cart DS game
Hannah - Secret Codes puzzle and Webkinz
Ellie - Dalmation vet kit and Barbie clothes
No snow. Weird.
A very peaceful Christmas. We spent it at home with no family or friends, just us. Santa seemed to get everything just right.
(Mike is distracted by semi-naked cheerleaders on TV.)
Kids had a great time and behaved incredibly well. Mike and Jill did a lovely roast chicken dinner which was enjoyed by all.
And then bizarrely enough we went for a swim - or rather the kids swam while we watched. Mark did his first ever full swim with no armbands at all after some gentle coaxing from M&D.
Big hits:
Mark - Darda track, Mario Cart DS game
Hannah - Secret Codes puzzle and Webkinz
Ellie - Dalmation vet kit and Barbie clothes
No snow. Weird.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Mark's Christmas show
I had to do a post just to get these photos on here. Mark's Christmas show was a week ago, and as you can see he enjoyed every minute of it!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Victorian Nutracker
I removed two children from school this morning to take them to see the Victorian Nutracker at the Merrill Auditorium. Of course their teacher's didn't actually mind, I just like to think we're somehow being naughty.
To give you an idea of how cold it was today, I was wearing a thermal long sleeve vest, wool sweater, down jacket, thinsulate lined hat, thinsulate lined gloves, thinsulate lined boots... and my legs were cold. I am buying flannel lined jeans next.
We parked on a meter and went to Starbucks for coffee - and even met Mike briefly. Then we joined about 1000 other children in the Merrill Auditorium for the show.
The children were entranced by it. We were in the fourth row from the front, so we could see and hear all the individual instruments really clearly. Mark liked the fight best. Ellie liked the Mouse King best. I haven't asked Hannah yet. I just loved the whole thing.
After the lights went up, Ellie turned to me with a peanut M&M in her hand and said 'Mummy what is this?' Luckily she knows not to ever eat anything like that without checking first. And don't get me started on the person feeding peanut butter to her child during the show. Luckily Nadja smelt it, so knew where to keep Ellie away from. *sigh*
Anyway, tomorrow looks delightful. I see the UK is getting snow and temperatures "plummeting to -7C". Our forecast is for sunshine and highs of -8C. I think I might just stay inside.
To give you an idea of how cold it was today, I was wearing a thermal long sleeve vest, wool sweater, down jacket, thinsulate lined hat, thinsulate lined gloves, thinsulate lined boots... and my legs were cold. I am buying flannel lined jeans next.
We parked on a meter and went to Starbucks for coffee - and even met Mike briefly. Then we joined about 1000 other children in the Merrill Auditorium for the show.
The children were entranced by it. We were in the fourth row from the front, so we could see and hear all the individual instruments really clearly. Mark liked the fight best. Ellie liked the Mouse King best. I haven't asked Hannah yet. I just loved the whole thing.
After the lights went up, Ellie turned to me with a peanut M&M in her hand and said 'Mummy what is this?' Luckily she knows not to ever eat anything like that without checking first. And don't get me started on the person feeding peanut butter to her child during the show. Luckily Nadja smelt it, so knew where to keep Ellie away from. *sigh*
Anyway, tomorrow looks delightful. I see the UK is getting snow and temperatures "plummeting to -7C". Our forecast is for sunshine and highs of -8C. I think I might just stay inside.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Snow and trees
Really quite cold. We went to the Christmas tree plantation yesterday to pick out a tree. I have decided I love head socks, the children had a great time rolling around in the snow, and Mike loved being he-man and dragging a tree out of the wilderness.
Today the tree was beautifully (ahem) decorated by the children, then Mike took them all to McDonalds, ice-skating at the Yarmouth pond, then bowling at Pineland Y. And now it's raining. I wouldn't usually say this, but I'm quite pleased. Hopefully it will melt all the snow, and perhaps even the ice on the driveway which is going to kill me before this winter is over...
Today the tree was beautifully (ahem) decorated by the children, then Mike took them all to McDonalds, ice-skating at the Yarmouth pond, then bowling at Pineland Y. And now it's raining. I wouldn't usually say this, but I'm quite pleased. Hopefully it will melt all the snow, and perhaps even the ice on the driveway which is going to kill me before this winter is over...
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Bar Mitzvah
We went to Jacob's Bar Mitzvah last Saturday, invited by his mum Patricia. I didn't take any photos, but it was a beautiful service (is it a service?) followed by a delicious meal in great company.
It was my first Bar Mitzvah. I hadn't realised the building would be so beautiful inside, or that the service (?) would be almost entirely sung, or that the Torah was written backwards, or that the 'real' Torah that they read from is a roll of paper on wooden spindles.
Just goes to show how little I know... but I'm learning.
Congratulations Jacob, you did a fantastic job.
It was my first Bar Mitzvah. I hadn't realised the building would be so beautiful inside, or that the service (?) would be almost entirely sung, or that the Torah was written backwards, or that the 'real' Torah that they read from is a roll of paper on wooden spindles.
Just goes to show how little I know... but I'm learning.
Congratulations Jacob, you did a fantastic job.
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