Christmas at Granny’s 2014
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THE GIRL THAT MET SANTA CLAUS …
As Big Ben struck midnight on Christmas night Santa went in the Jones’s house. A girl named Lilly was sleeping; the girl was only 8 and loved Christmas. She wanted a painting set for Christmas but didn’t mind.
As Santa went in the house he accidently tripped up and fell over and knocked the Christmas tree over and the noise woke Lilly up.
Lily crept downstairs and was amazed to see Santa lying on the floor in a mess and the Christmas tree ruined. She whispered in a shocked voice, “are you the real Santa?”.
“YES, YES, I am Santa. I was on the toilet and when I came out I knocked over your tree. Really sorry about what a mess you have made. First we need to put the tree back up”, said Lilly.
“Okay but why are there no decorations on the tree?”
“My dad does not belive in Santa and doesn’t want anything Christmassy in the house, wer’e lucky he let us have a Christmas at all and I keep of telling him Santa is real.”
“Alright, then”, said Santa. “Let’s see if we can magic up a nice tree for you with decorations and maybe then he’ll believe.”
Santa took some magic dust out of his pocket and sprinkled it over the tree. Out of nowhere, the tree rose from the floor and now it had fairy lights, red and gold baubles and a shimmering star.
“Oh wow” Lilly said quietly .
“Thank you!”. She turned round to face Santa.
“Now what happened to the sleigh,”.said Lilly.
Santa looked very upset and explained, “An evil elf broke it. He wants to ruin Christmas for everyone. “
“I don’t think it is fixable. Can I use your car? I’ll bring it back tomorrow…”
“I don’t know,” said Lilly, “ It’s my mum’s car and I don’t think it flies!”
“Don’t worry”, said Santa. “I have special dust that can make it fly.”
Lilly grasped Santa by the hand and then led led him outside to the family red pick up truck. On the lawn the reindeer were looking a bit glum standing alongside a very broken looking sleigh which was piled high with presents. “Oh dear never mind – look, we can put all the presents in the back of the truck.”
Santa smiled and then reached into his pocket. Slowly, he pulled out his hand and then opened it to reveal a handful of what could only be his magic dust….
To be continued
by Finlay, Phoebe and Mummy
Halloween 2014
Another great Halloween. Phoebe had friends Sophia and Shannon over and Finlay arrived back from school to find his good friends William and James Lewis waiting for him all ready to go.
Finlay quickly threw on a costume and mask and we were ready to go. And with the mildest Halloween ever, it was a good night for a bit if trick or treating and catching up with neighbours.
Finlay enjoyed doing his moon walk for extra sweets and Phoebe tried a joke or two and all came home with buckets piled high.
Our puking pumpkin, that Phoebe helped design, was a big hit with the trick or treaters, but there were some very impressive pumpkins to be found along our road.
The men, left at home, (Benson and Bill) tried to offer some of our trick or treaters cucumber and carrots but when that didn’t go down too well they did manage to persuade some teenagers to do gymnastic before parting with the sweets.
To finish the evening off there was some delicious Thai pumpkin soup made by the brilliant witch – Julie Lewis.
Day out in London – Finlay’s half term
The Art of Brick Exhibition, James Bond in Motion + some street entertainment in Covent Garden.
With Julie Lewis, William and James
Nathan Saway gave up his job as a lawyer to follow his artistic dreams and has created an amazing array of lego sculptures that are now on display in London at the Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch,
The exhibition features over 80 sculptures created from more than a million LEGO® bricks. Some of the sculptures are fun, some are more thought provoking but we all loved it and the kids came away inspired.
Here are some of our favourites pieces:
Cracked
‘This sculpture depicts how I feel every morning.”
“Do you ever want to take your head off and shake all the junk out of it?”
“Haven’t we all been there, hanging on by a finger. I know I have. And though it might at first seem impossible, we usually manage to pull ourselves back up.”
“Taking a leap is hard. I used to be a lawyer There was nothing wrong with being a lawer, but I always knew there was another me, so that same day I decided to let the Artist inside out and I never looked back.”
‘Self’ was definitely a favourite with the boys. It showed the artist emerging from his lawyer self to be the new creative lego artist.
I think that says it all.
At the end of the exhibition there is a large area where you can build your own lego art, so Finlay, William and James built their own Eiffel Tower amongst other things. They would have stayed there for hours if they’d been allowed but we had to head on to our next destination…
This part of the day was a surprise for Finlay as he is such a huge fan of cars and he wasn’t disappointed. He absolutely loved the Bond in Motion Exhibition at the Film Museum in Covent Garden.
The exhibition had all the best cars from the Bond films including the underwater car from the ‘Spy Who Loved Me’. There were lots of clips being played around the exhibition of famous bond ‘chase’ scenes so Finlay now wants to see all the old films. So far he’s only seen ‘Skyfall’ which of course he loved, so he’s got plenty to catch up on.
Before heading home, we watched some street entertainment in Covent Garden and yes Finlay now wants to learn to juggle and has asked for a uni-cycle for Christmas.
A really great day out. Continue reading Day out in London – Finlay’s half term
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