Twinkle Twinkle!

I always forget that the last two or three weeks of the Autumn term are a whirlwind of plays, performances, parties, creativity & generally craziness! This year was our Little Star's first nativity play. She did wonderfully- singing, doing the actions, sitting still & generally doing everything she was supposed to do at the right time. That can't be said for many of the other children though! It was the liveliest nativity I have ever been to (even the nursery teacher who has been at the school for approaching twenty years said the same!!). AJ & her fellow stars were brilliant though & did not get distracted by some of the more unruly children! We were so proud of AJ & her friends.

Lee & I really enjoyed the boys Junior Christingle Service at the local church too. We sang everything from We Three Kings & Little Donkey to Mistletoe & Wine & Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!! It was great! And it was wonderful to see the boys old Year Two teacher there as well. She retired last summer but spent her last term going through treatment for & surgery on a cancerous tumour. It was a delight to see how much better she is looking since we saw her last in the summer. She is truly an inspiration.

And now school is finished for the year & we are all breathing a sigh of relief! For the first time, possibly ever but certainly for the first time in many years, Lee is off work for almost the whole of the school holidays (he has worked two days) having saved up holidays. It helps that he now works in an organisation that closes its office between Christmas & New Year. It is LOVELY! We are blessed indeed!