Christmas Day

Christmas day was fantastic. Tanya and David invited everyone to them and Mummy, Dave, Sarah, Keith, Ami, Josh, Carole and John all came and we all had a great time. We started by going to our local pub, The Woodcock for drinks, came back and had Christmas Lunch, then opened our presents in the afternoon. Thank you to everyone for making it a really lovely day and we wish everyone reading this a very happy new year.

December 2008

As there was so much going on in December, I thought it might be a good idea to summarize the whole month of activities and upload a few photographs.

On Friday 12th, Nannie took Marianne to see Peter Pan on Ice at The Spectrum in Guildford whilst Tanya and Reuben finished off the Christmas shopping in Guildford. Marianne thoroughly enjoyed it (so did Nannie!).

Tanya took Marianne to see Peter Pan in pantomime at Aldershot on Saturday 13th whilst David was enjoying his work christmas party in London and Reuben enjoyed spending some time with Nannie (fairy photo above - Marianne was Tinkerbell!!!).

On Saturday 20th, Tanya, Marianne, Aidan and Ethan went to see CBeebies Live at Wembley Arena. It was a great afternoon - we were sitting on the 3rd row back, so the kids had a fantastic view and really enjoyed themselves.

On Monday 22nd, Nana and Grandpa took Marianne and Josh on the Watercress Line to see Santa (photo above).

On Christmas Eve, Tanya, David and Marianne went to see Aladdin at The Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford and sat on the front row. It was excellent - I hadn't had so much fun in ages. Really good pantomime and really good actors. Tanya had her handbag taken onto the stage as part of the act and emptied (really embarassing!!! especially as I had some of Reuben's teats and some sandwiches in a clear plastic sandwich bag which Nannie gave to Marianne to take with her!!!). Close-up photo above of Marianne.

All this, combined with Nursery Christmas parties, Christmas Bizaare's, Christmas Concert, Alice Holt woodland christmas trip, visits to people to swap christmas presents and all the normal things, December was a very busy month.

Reuben's Walking

On Sunday 7th December, Tanya and David were sitting in the living room watching television and suddenly Reuben just stood up in the middle of the floor and walked over to us!!

He has walked more and more since then (trouble is, he can get to where he wants to go ~ especially when he's racing Marianne ~ a lot quicker when he's crawling!!!).

I have also attached a copy of his first passport photo - ahhh!!!

Christmas Tree

Tanya, Marianne & Reuben had a fantastic day with George on Tuesday 16th December. We went to Forest Lodge Garden Centre to buy the Christmas tree and we put up the decorations and decorated the tree during the afternoon. The kids love it and so far, so good!!! We're all looking forward to Christmas day now and wish everyone who's reading this a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year xxx

Marianne's Chistmas Concert @ Nursery - 9th December

Marianne had her Christmas Concert at Nursery on Tuesday 9th December - it was brilliant. I managed to film a clip of the children singing (apologies now as it's not very good, but gives you an idea!). Marianne seemed to enjoy herself and was pleased as punch that Daddy, Mummy and Reuben were all there.

Tanya has dance classes

As you all know, one of Tanya's loves is Strictly Come Dancing and she was lucky enough to get tickets to a Rumba dance class with Matthew and Nicole Cutler - it was absolutely fantastic and they were so nice. They finished the class off with one of their Samba dances which was amazing to see live.

Reuben's Birthday Party Family Pictures