Visit to Santa

We went to the Dell Xmas party on Sunday 6th Dec. Grace and Daniel had a ball until "silly" Santa gave Grace a present that she already had - hence the sad face in the second picture. We went to Smyths on the way home & exchanged it for some play dough. paints, paper and two cups that she painted - inside and out, for Daddy. God help Mike if he tries to use them because he will definitely end up with some kind of poisoning. Grace is very arty though. She will paint and colour for hours on end. I have afine collection of her master pieces at home.

After the party we went to Neilus & Gers for Xmas dinner. They had it early for Neil, because they are spending Christmas with Dave, Rebecca & Eve in LA (the lucky gits). I may be slightly biased, but as far as I'm concerned Ger makes the best dinners, and I really do hope they have a ball in LA. It would also be great if they brought their favorite niece back a big bag of peanut butter cups. Ger, if you are reading this I'm considering myself as the favorite niece, not Grace.