Success! (see yesterday's post)

ballet or not ballet...

Curly Girl (4) has her first ever ballet concert today.

She and about 25 other pre-schoolers will be on stage with Angelina Ballerina herself to close out the show.  She is sooo keen, which is just beautiful to see, while I foresee about a half dozen points at which she might well dig in her heels and that'll be that!

The bun.  With her ringlet curls she haaaates having her hair brushed.  Add hairspray, bobbypins, bun net, this is gonna be an adventure!

The stage. I have to pass her off to her teacher with a trillion other little ballerinas, most of whom she won't ever have met.  Touch and go as to how that will go down. Then there's the stage, the lights, nerve-wracking enough for a grown up much less an itty bitty little girl!

The super-sized mouse.  She's sooo excited about dancing with Angelina.  When hearing about this concert she asked me if she could please be involved for that reason.  But a cartoon on a screen is a little different from a 6 foot mouse in a tutu!

So while I, and the 9 others who are coming to watch her, trundle up to the concert hall an hour early for a 1 and a half hour concert, which she closes, we'll be on baited breath...to say the least ;).

Watch...this...space...

Images of Christmas

I can't believe its been days since Christmas already! 

I'm thoroughly enjoying my shiny massive new computer monitor which my clever hubby bought me, and have only JUST finished putting together all the kids new toys - seriously how many twisty ties, and rubber bands, and metal doohickies do you need to stop someone from nicking a toy from the box!!!

Anyhoo, since we're still enjoying the spoils, I thought I'd put up a few images of my Christmas.

Such as my eldest - Curly Girl - whose adept use of the alphabet came into its own as she separated the gifts according to name - only after weighing and comparing first ;).

The fact that Bright Eyes - my 2 year old - ended up dress-free second year in a row. (At least this year it was bubble mix she poured all over herself.  Last year it was red wine!)

And the amazing fact that my curious Little Man actually left the Christmas tree alone.

Hope you've all had some lovely family time this week too, and are getting excited about the new year as I am!

Til then...