Ciara is Doing Ballet

Ciara has been doing the Baby Ballet and absolutely loves it. We got to go for the last class of the year to see what she does here is a quick clip.

Visit Santa in Rathwood

For the second year running we went to visit Santa in Rathwood. We arrived and ate our dinner, the usual Carvery fair. Then we first had to visit Mrs Claus. She told us a story about how the reindeers learned to fly. Then we all got a go at making magic reindeer food (it's magic dust in the food you see).
We then boarded the Santa express train to visit Santa's house in the woods. We were met by an elf who brought us to santa's house. The visit went well and we all got great presents. A train journey back a bit of shopping then home to watch the Late Late Toy show.

Áine getting her first badge in Ladybirds

Áine got her first badge in Ladybirds in a little ceremony. We all went down to see and took a short video for posterity.

Lorcan's Birthday

Lorcan had a party in the house and we got a couple of teachers from the Blackbird Gallery in town where Lorcan and Aine go to art class to come and do art with them. It was brilliant and everyone loved it. You'd hardly know there was 20+ kids in the house.
The video below is from the birthday on the day not the party because Lorcan didn't do the traditional Happy Birthday thing on the big day.