Talk about street creds!!

Uncle John arranged for Joey to be able to sit in Lewis Hamilton's championship car...WOW.  That'll get a lot of mileage on the playground!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas....

For some reason, Santa makes a special stop at our house every year on Christmas Eve, with new PJs for us all, just like he used to do at Mummy's house when she was a girl.

Look at Joey gazing into the sky to see if he can see Santa's sleigh. Tolka's trying to figure out why he's outside in just a towel. He then ran inside, to the fireplace and shouted up the fireplace "THANK YOU SANTA!!!"

The Norad Santa tracker, of course, had Santa somewhere over Russia at the time, so we were having to explain the 'blip'...

What fun to share it all with Aunt Susan and Uncle John...

Tolka The School Musician

This week was school play week. Since the UK has no separation of church and state (indeed if you aren't an Anglican they lock you up in the Tower of London) we are allowed to have Nativity Plays at Christmas in our primary schools. And that what we had this week.

Sadly, Joey was home sick, so he missed out on being King Herod, but Tolka had a fabulous time as a musician. He played the maraccas, the bells, a triangle and sang carols like Ding Dong Merrily on High with great gusto (especially the lalalalala bit in the chorus). He loves We wsih You a Merry Christmas.

A great time was had by all, and we videod some highlights on Martin's new cellphone to share. Ho Ho Ho - Merry Christmas! (Martin)

Tolka Has a Kipper Sleep Over Party

Tonight was Tolka's turn to bring home Kipper from school. The kids each spend a special night with Kipper, and then we write about it in a journal all the children share. Tolka was especially happy to snuggle up with Kipper and to read him Kipper stories. Very cute, we all cuddled and had a peaceful bedtime. (Tolka's really settling in these days, and bedtimes are now becoming warm and snuggly and lovely.)

Joey Joins the Beavers

Joey is quite proud to be a new member of the Beavers. Now mum needs to get sewing all those badges. Yikes.

Hand-Shaped Gloves

It is very cold here today, so Joey and Tolka went to school with gloves on. After lunch, Tolka was getting ready to go out to Little Angels daycare, so I went to pt his blue mittens on him. He took one look and said a very firm NO. Then he said, pointing at some other gloves "I want hand-shaped gloves Daddy."

So the red, hand-shaped gloves he got!