Park, Park, Park & Park

A little known budding actress captured the crowd this eve at St Barnabas. She deftly handled the always challenging role of Shepherd #3 with gusto. There was talk by the theatre-goers of a new star arising.

We all ventured through the rain into Central London this morning. After sampling the variety of foods on offer and getting a few gifts, we stopped in Southwark Cathedral to check up on an old family relation- Sir Frederick Wigan,  Baronet.

Capturing the Christmas moment, C decided he would like to read one of the lessons at the Christmas Carol service at church last evening. So in front of 50+ people, he read the the first few verses of Luke 1. He sounded great, and didn't seem nervous.

Sheringdale school does a christmas tree fund raising sale every year. So this morning we picked up our tree. Its about two dorothys tall. And we'll decorate it after my parents arrive later this week.

With C and D running around the house having a boisterously good time on a Saturday afternoon, it seemed appropriate to get this post up to the blog. One thousand posts is alot.  Alot of words, pictures, time, effort. As every parent knows, you're so proud, excited, in awe of your kids, you want to share everything- revel in them, glorify all of the experiences. Back here, I started... And here's another significant date...

Back on the 24th of November, we celebrated C's 7th birthday.  We took a load of kids up to the Roald Dahl Museum out in the the country.  The museum is very interactive, and we figured out some great last minute party games. The kids loved it.  I'll have some video in the future, but for the time being, here's the cake and the cast of characters. Grace, Austen, D, Alex, Rupert, Issac, Nicky, Tino, Matilda, C

D came home from Sheringdale with this award a few days ago. And here she is a C's birthday party.