Christmas cards

Every Christmas my parents like to send cards made with picture of their grandchildren. These were the pictures they took for this years cards.

About 5 seconds after taking this picture Cecily threw baby Jesus on the floor....

Yum

Friday night treat, Ben and Jerrys. Girls after my own heart... except for Alice who doesn't like chocolate icecream or even chocolate for that matter... she must have got her taste buds from someone else!

Update on Alice

This is where you will find Alice most hours of the day. On the rope swing. Singing Frozen songs on the top of her voice to the cows. Hope she makes the most of it as come September she'll be starting school, I'm sure the cows will miss her but maybe not as much as I will. On another note, she got glasses in May. She has an astigmatism in her left eye and is a bit long sighted. The orthoptist at the hospital says it is something that can be corrected, the glasses help the eyes to see the same so the brain recognises both eyes and doesn't leave the weaker one behind. Alice has been brilliant about it, no complaining. You've got to love this girl.

She's a star...

Back at the end of February this year we got a note from the school telling us that Esther had been chosen for the Rotary Caring Award. This award is given to one pupil in the school each term and the teachers chose who they feel deserve it. It was a secret from Esther and Ben and I were invited to be there for the award assembly. We got there and had to hide behind the curtain while all the different awards were given out - Eliza got one for thinking before she speaks! So when it came to the Rotary award each teacher said why they felt this person deserved the award. It was obviously great for us as parents to hear such wonderful things being said about our daughter, not only that but knowing they were true! One of the teacher said that she wasn't just a good role model, she was a perfect role model. When they said her name she was so shocked and then they pulled back the curtains and all eyes turned to us! I was just glad I didn't tear up! The guy from the Rotary club handed her the Caring Shield complete with her name engraved on it, a £10 voucher for Tesco of all places (being a good mum I swapped her the voucher for a tenner) and a Rotary Star badge (which she didn't take off for a good few weeks!). Then she got to come and hang out with us for 5 minutes before going back to class.

We couldn't be more proud!