Retrospective

I've been chided for not keeping this blog up to date, so here's a catch-up.

Dec 5: Katy met Santa for the first time today! Guided by an oversized but friendly elf we cautiously made our way into the depths of an atmospherically lit grotto to introduce Katy to the big bearded chap in a red suit. Not fazed at all, she enthusiastically grasped her gift and we went on to enjoy the other entertainments on offer at a rather good Christmas fair organised by our local Anglican church, including mince pies and mulled wine for the adults and a bouncy castle for the children. Our fears that such a small person might be overwhelmed by such a large object proved unfounded and she was soon squealing with pleasure and even managing to stand up on her own.


Dec 6: The Christmas party season opened with an NCT-organised 'cheeky monkeys tea-party', which featured an unfeasible number of babies in one room and lots of lovely bubbles.


Dec 13: Children and adults at our Quaker meeting put on an enthusiastic if unpolished production of Joseph (and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat). Not particularly seasonal, but Quakers are quirky that way. Owen helped by playing fiddle and Katy assisted the clarinettist by wobbling his music stand. She wasn't exactly entranced by the overall theatrical experience but she was visibly mooved by the dance of the seven fat and seven thin cows.