This holiday, we had the great fortune to share the Christmas spirit with some good friends. First was the 3C MESSAGE Christmas Party. There were tons of friends and children there and the girls had such a fab time. They were particularly thrilled to play with their friends around their age. Friends that they meet and see at school too. Seraphine was happy that she was able to munch on lots of chips! You can see her ‘stealing’ into the chip bowl, keeping an eye out for me in case I tell her not to eat too much! There were loads of food, and I made a buche de noel as always. That got gobbled up. Oh then ta-da, what everyone was waiting for…Santa arrived! Poor Santa though, he got mobbed by the children, some of th
e adults had to gently lead him to the chair. Anyway, mob settled down and Santa began to pull out presents from his bag, and calling a child’s name. Then the child could take a photo with San
ta. Oo the kids were all excited. Seraphine’s present was near the top so her name got called..however, she was too afraid of Santa and didn’t want to take a photo with him, let alone sit
on his lap!! We let it go and just let her take the present, which she was really happy to do so, running away with the gift. Poor Bibou though, her present was buried way below, at the bottom of the pile in Santa’s bag. And as each child’s name was called, and they received their present, she became more and more anxious that Santa had forgotten about her. She did look like she was going to cry at one stage, and I was just a
bout to go comfort her and reassure her that Santa wouldn’t forget about her when her na
me got called! Her face got all lit up immediately! She climbed on Santa’s lap and gave her lovely smile for the camera before rushing off to open up the present. Both girls were extremely pleased with their gifts (bags with make-up and Dora pens), but couldn’t quite understand how Santa knew what they liked! (We the parents had each bought something and placed them in the Santa ba
g ;)) Daddy then played on his guitar and sang loads of Christmas carols. Everyone had loads of fun. T
he girls were really pleased and tried.
However, the biggest treat was a last minute call we got from our dear friends in London the Gs. They invited us to join them for Christmas at their home in London. After a bit of debating, we decided to go and what a time we had! We had a BLAST! We were warmly welcomed into their home, right in London. They have 2 girls, right around our girls age too, so the kids played very well together. And during our short time there, they had planned loads of meals / entertainment with their friends, so we met with a lot of wonderful new people. O
n Christmas day, the girls were really excited about Christmas… however we didn’t open presents as we had to get to church for Christmas mass and then we went to another friends of Gs for a wonderful delicious Christmas lunch. Finally, we got home and all four girls ran straig
ht to the living room and waited for their presents!! There was much ripping of paper and squealing of delight I can tell you. Bibou loved loved her Barbie kitchen set and the look of pure delight on Seraphine’s face when she opened up Dora was unmatchable! But Daddy and I had the best present of all – the Gs gave us the night off - they babysat our kids and got us tickets to the theatre!! It was a surprise and a lovely surprise one that is. Yes, all in all, it was the best vacat
ion ever yet. All the food we ate was oh so good but most of all, it was the company we had; spending time with good friends. On our last day, we all took the girls to Kensington Park where there was a 'Winter Wonderland Park' going on. There were loads of rides for the girls, but we decided that everyone was allowed 1.... and they all picked the snowglobe - the girls got in and had fun throwing
the balls around! We were really sad to leave. We hope to see them real soon
e adults had to gently lead him to the chair. Anyway, mob settled down and Santa began to pull out presents from his bag, and calling a child’s name. Then the child could take a photo with San
ta. Oo the kids were all excited. Seraphine’s present was near the top so her name got called..however, she was too afraid of Santa and didn’t want to take a photo with him, let alone sit
on his lap!! We let it go and just let her take the present, which she was really happy to do so, running away with the gift. Poor Bibou though, her present was buried way below, at the bottom of the pile in Santa’s bag. And as each child’s name was called, and they received their present, she became more and more anxious that Santa had forgotten about her. She did look like she was going to cry at one stage, and I was just a
bout to go comfort her and reassure her that Santa wouldn’t forget about her when her na
me got called! Her face got all lit up immediately! She climbed on Santa’s lap and gave her lovely smile for the camera before rushing off to open up the present. Both girls were extremely pleased with their gifts (bags with make-up and Dora pens), but couldn’t quite understand how Santa knew what they liked! (We the parents had each bought something and placed them in the Santa ba
g ;)) Daddy then played on his guitar and sang loads of Christmas carols. Everyone had loads of fun. T
he girls were really pleased and tried.However, the biggest treat was a last minute call we got from our dear friends in London the Gs. They invited us to join them for Christmas at their home in London. After a bit of debating, we decided to go and what a time we had! We had a BLAST! We were warmly welcomed into their home, right in London. They have 2 girls, right around our girls age too, so the kids played very well together. And during our short time there, they had planned loads of meals / entertainment with their friends, so we met with a lot of wonderful new people. O
n Christmas day, the girls were really excited about Christmas… however we didn’t open presents as we had to get to church for Christmas mass and then we went to another friends of Gs for a wonderful delicious Christmas lunch. Finally, we got home and all four girls ran straig
ht to the living room and waited for their presents!! There was much ripping of paper and squealing of delight I can tell you. Bibou loved loved her Barbie kitchen set and the look of pure delight on Seraphine’s face when she opened up Dora was unmatchable! But Daddy and I had the best present of all – the Gs gave us the night off - they babysat our kids and got us tickets to the theatre!! It was a surprise and a lovely surprise one that is. Yes, all in all, it was the best vacat
ion ever yet. All the food we ate was oh so good but most of all, it was the company we had; spending time with good friends. On our last day, we all took the girls to Kensington Park where there was a 'Winter Wonderland Park' going on. There were loads of rides for the girls, but we decided that everyone was allowed 1.... and they all picked the snowglobe - the girls got in and had fun throwing
the balls around! We were really sad to leave. We hope to see them real soonThis video was taken at playmobileland - Daddy took the girls during their school vacation with a couple of good friends.
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