Bowling with Nammie

Our Birthday celebration extended to the bowling alley. Job well done Abby!

Birthday (part deux)

And again at Nammie's house on the real day...

Happy Birthday Hannah

On December 9th, we had Hannah's London Birthday party (as opposed to theone at Nammie's house later in the month). We had an "Under the Sea" theme at a local pottery shop. All of this kids made plates that they can keep and remeber Hannah's birthday party.

Huncle Owie comes to town

How lucky we were to have Howie, Allie and Bailey visit in early December. For those of you perplexed with the title of this post, Abby has this issue with leading H's. For example, when she needs a cuddle, she needs a Ug. No H. When she sees Uncle Howie, he is Huncle Owie. And when she needs both, she needs a Ug from Huncle Owie. It was great to have them over in the UK and to spend time giving our best wishes to Annie and Oscar as they prepare to move to Dubai to meet up with Oisin who has moved there for work. That evening was a lot of fun- we went for a good curry.

Bailey had her first slept over our house and enjoyed snuggling down into our inflatable mattress.

Uno!

The kids are really jet lagged from our trip to the USA and our days and evenings are off- way off! Last night, after dinner we are playing "Go fish!" with the girls which is a great way for them to learn numbers and pairs. We had a great moment when Abby puts a set of four cards on the table and realizes that she just has one card left in her hand. Watching her mind make the connection to the other card game she likes to play, she shouts, "Uno!" Now had we been playing the game Uno, that would have been appropriate, but since this was Go Fish, it was hysterical. It was one of those special moments that just warms your heart and makes you laugh. Well done Abby!

Technology is amazing

So we got Hannah a Nintendo DS for her 6th birthday. It seems to be a bigger deal for Jen and me than her. Hannah struggles with the real name and calls it 'Intendo'. Abby too adds her own spin to it calling it 'Pretendo'. Really anything she does is cute because she is three and she is Abby. I enjoy watching Hannah play with a game called Nintendogs. This requires her to care for a puppy by feeding it, bathing it and taking it out for a walk. So this morning when I woke up I heard her whispering to 'Lilly' her pet lab, 'Lilly, sit. Good girl'. It is fun to watch her care for the dog, 'Mommy I need to feed her but I have no food.', Jen retorts, 'You have to go to the store' it is all really funny when you think she is six. Anyway, I am just glad I don’t have to clean up any virtual poop off the floor.

Happy Hanukkah!

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