SOMEBODY'S NOT TIRED

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Given all of the excitement of today being your last day of nursery *Mommy wipes a little tear away* and then the hour and a half you spend in Smaland at Ikea I thought you would be asleep as soon as your head hit the pillow, but clearly you had other ideas.

ALISON AND ABIGAIL - FINALLY THE PERFECT GIFT



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We have spent weeks and weeks trying to figure out what to give to Mr Walby as his thank you gift.  As a woman I know what I would like, but I find it difficult enough to buy for men that I know well on a personal level never mind for a young man who I know very little about.  We had a couple of ideas like a key ring and a lovely sweetie jar, but nothing I was really happy with so with two days of nursery to go we went to Hobbycraft for inspiration and whilst looking for ceramic paint we found a leaflet for decorating egg cups.  Not very original I hear you cry; not normally except for the fact that one of the few things I do know about Mr Walby, thanks to his openness with my children, is that he keeps chickens named Alison and Abigail so this was actually the perfect thoughtful homemade gift for him.

NURSERY THANK YOU CARDS (2)

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Daddy was trying to take some photographs of the thank you cards you and A had made today, but look at that face; you just wanted to be mischievous!

NURSERY THANK YOU CARDS (1)

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With only a few days to go until you finish nursery we decided you would both make some thank you cards today for your wonderful teachers to go with the lovely gifts you and D have made.  I asked Daddy to try to take some photographs for me when I went to work, but you two had other ideas and decided to play at being daft!

BAGS OF FUN

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I am afraid I am cheating a little with your photo today and you are sharing one.  It's for a lovely reason though and that is because we were so engrossed in making a thank you gift for Mrs Roden that I forgot to take any until quite late in the day!  Our project today consisted of you using felt, buttons, fabric paint and shaped sponges to create a special shopping bag and I think you did a beautiful job; so much so that I would quite like one myself.  I hope that Mrs Roden loves her bag as much as me. 

TOP GEAR

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Well done to you for trying so hard at all of the sports day events today.  Our favourite event has to have been the tricycle race; you went so fast into the turn around the cone that you actually went around on two wheels.  We thought that you were going to come off  for a second, but you managed to control it enough to bring it back down to three wheels and finish the race.  Well done sunshine!

SPORTSMANSHIP

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For sports day at nursery today you competed in each of your family groups.  It was so cute how afterwards you went straight over to your brother for a congratulatory cuddle.  It's moments like these that cleanse my mind of all of the bickering and teasing and make me think about how amazing it must be to be a twin.

EASTER BONNET PARADE (2)

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EASTER BONNET PARADE (1)

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MORE PIRATE ANTICS

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You were asked to dress up for nursery today in order to raise money for Comic Relief.  The theme was pirates, princesses and cowboys and everybody at nursery this morning had made a huge effort.  Thankfully you already had a pirate costume and were extremely happy to have the opportunity to wear it again.

CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICKEN

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Here is my little chicken with the chickens that they have hatched at nursery using resources provided by Living Eggs.  All of the children (not to mention the parents and teachers) at nursery have absolutely loved this experience.

FROG

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Given your love of all things green and the fact that your sister was dressing up as the witch from Room on a Broom for World Book Day the frog from Room on a Broom was the obvious choice for your costume.  You loved the fact that you were all dressed in green and that Daddy had made you a mask and I loved the fact that it cost us virtually nothing to do it!  Smiley faces all around.

ROOM ON A BROOM

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I'd like to say that I thought long and hard about what you would be wearing for World Book Day, but I would be fibbing.  It was actually more a case of what can we do with what we already have without it involving a princess because there is only so much Disney Princess overkill I can tolerate and that will be coming next week for Comic Relief.  So as you had a witch's outfit complete with broom hanging around from one Halloween I made you a wand like the one in the book, plaited your hair complete with bow and voila you were the witch from Room on a Broom which is a nursery favourite thanks to this little film.

CONGRATULATIONS ASSEMBLY

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Today was so special for you.  You were presented with a certificate during the Congratulations Assembly (for nursery and infants) "for trying really hard when writing about the picture from the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears".  Your brother and I came to see you get your certificate, but Daddy couldn't get away from work (which he was very sad about), however that did mean that Nanny Dot got to come to the assembly too which was lovely and you seemed to be really pleased that she was there. 

 

My dear boy we never expect for you to get everything right or to always be the best or come first at everything; all we ask is that you always try your best and that you ask somebody if you don't understand.  We are so proud of you sunshine.

NURSERY BLOG

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Everyday at least five times per day I hear the phrase "can we see if Mr Walby has blogged a new blog yet?" from either you or your sister.  Mr Walby works so hard updating your nursery blog, but it is never enough for the two of you.  So D here you are checking out one or two new posts on the blog from today.  You are so lucky to go to such a lovely nursery and have such fantastic teachers.  Fingers crossed for school places there.