The Buckingham Blog

I knew as the kids got older, we'd get busier at Christmas time.  But I didn't really think it'd be this busy.  I think I'll put in sections of the things we've done!

Nursery Sing-a-Long

Friday was Kory's nursery Christmas concert.  He was as high as a kite about it as soon as he woke up in the morning.  I should add that he had the yellow shirt on as they were asked to wear something bright coloured or sparkly. 

Christmas Lights

Every year we try to make a point of visiting the garden in Aberdeen that has loads of character lights.  The guy makes them himself and puts a box outside for charity.  We went on Saturday after a trip to Costco.  The guy was outside chatting to everyone and was saying some really interesting stuff. 

Christmas Show

On Sunday we took the kids to a show at the Lemon Tree called "The Night Before Christmas" which we'd decided on as an alternative to the panto (at £80 for Cinderella we decided Kory didn't like princesses enough and although Krystal does, she's kind of young for it)

It was a good show, the elf was incredibly camp, but funny.  The kids all got to meet Santa at the end, Kory took Krystal's hand and they went down to wait.  They had their chat with Santa and then went to meet the elf to get their present.  It was a fun day out. 

Puppet Show

On Monday, Kory had a puppet show at nursery.  I spent the whole day running about chasing my tail and getting Kory's hair cut after rising 5's!

Nursery Party

Tuesday was Kory's nursery party, he asked me a few weeks ago when I got Krystal's party dress, if he could have a shirt and tie.  Those of you who got photo Christmas cards will have seen them already!  Otherwise, this was the first time they'd been worn.  He was so funny, acting like a real grown up wee guy prancing about in his outift before we left. 

Santa was arriving at 10:45am so I went back to see the fun.  Kory was very pleased that Santa told him he looked very smart in his shirt and tie!  When we got home it was whipped off ready for the next party!  We went to boxing as usual in the afternoon.

Rising 5's Party

Today was another party, at rising 5's this time.  Again, parents were invited back for Santa's arrival.  Kory really wasn't bothered, I think he's seen enough of them this week

This afternoon we painted some stained glass things.  Below are the artists hard at work and the results.  And yes, despite seeing Santa 3 times this week, he has a blue beard! 

So only one more party on Friday for Krystal to see Santa, an end of term assembly for Kory, the Santa Express and we're done!  I'm exhausted and it's not even Christmas yet! 

Julie.xx