Letter B

Theresu is learning letter ' B'.

                   'B'  bha sound is emphasised through bear, baby and book.

                         She is examining  letter 'B' using magnifying lens.

Celebrating four years- Our miracle girl

Yesterday was our little Theresu's  4th birthday and it was a great feast day of St Agnes. I thought I keep it simple this time as I was feeling lazy and tired, being in the 16 weeks of my pregnancy.Though my little one wants to invite a few of her friends. There were three families along with Sr anc. 

In the morning we went for H Mass and it was a great thought from her brother and sister to give a gift to their little sister from their own pocket money. Me and Jo..thanked God to see their generosity.They bought a peppa magazine for Theresu

She received her favourite pink dollie for her gift and she called it as Rosie.

Children started preparing the cake along with me a few days before. This time Theresu was little fond of Peppa and thought let it be blue and pink theme of Peppa. 

They pulled recipes from our favorite baking books.

We could manage to finish the Peppa house and the garden with some muddy puddles and Peppa with George playing in puddles, though the house started crumbling down little bit before cutting the cake.

There was lot of games to do and started making pinata.  few days before. Annu, Munnu and Theresu also helping make the peppa pig pinata.

 First step was to get a inflated balloon and then attached a small empty toilet roll fixed as nose and fixed two ears with tape.Then started covering with layers of paper and glued with flour and water paste.

 Then let it dry overnight and the next day we put the second layer,and on the next day  with another paper layer if you can. 

We were running out of time and didn't do the third layer. Once it got dried, we poked the balloon  and decorated with pink paper strips pf tissue paper and filled with candies and lollies.

Kids filling the pinata with lots of glitters, candies and decorating with tissue paper. We somehow managed to finish making pinata the day before birthday.

Birthday girl helped me to make the backdrop for the theme , and I used some tissue paper to make it which obviously made with the help of Annu n Munnu a few days before.

Theresu seems to be very very happy and receiving many wishes from uncles and aunties,she was looking forward to meet her friends in the evening.

Peppa cut out  was made after drawing and made for 'pinning the eye'game  for Peppa.

Made some tassel garlands with blue and pink tissue paper and I am so glad I could learn some more decors.

Birthday table was ready and Annu made labels for many foods like dinosaur drinks (lemon drink), made jelly for daddy pigs wobbly belly, daddy pigs vegetable garden and muddy puddle cupcakes . They seemed to enjoy doing many items for the birthday.

There were many games which children really enjoyed; pinning the eye, jumping tin the puddle, passing the parcel and not the last the  Peppa pinata which was hit and broke in the first round itself, nice to see  breaking my hard work of  making pinata.

                       
                          Theresu with her friends

                                   
                                       Passing the parcel game

Theresu with her Rosie and thank Lord for the wonderful four years and still remember God's wonderful miracle through Theresu who was born on  28 weeks with less than a pound.

Happy 4th Birthday to our  beautiful  ''Miracle Peppa girl''.

Celebrating feast Of Epiphany.

It was a great feast of Epiphany. Though it was last Sunday church celebrated the Epiphany , we celebrated on traditional day of Jan 6. It was the day Munnu received baptism and our new term started on same day.

Since in Britian, its old name is twelfth night, kidoos decorated the altar with 12 ornaments reminding 12 days of Christmas and played the old song about the Twelve days of Christmas.  According to Mrs Jones, the song was used from 1550 to 1820 as a  way to teach children about church doctrine, which was prohibited that time.

 ''On the first day of Christmas the true love send to me
A Partridge in a pear tree....''

 'We three kings ' was played all day  and Munnu even performed it little bit in piano for our Christmas celebration.




                                                          Our Altar

King cake (Mardi Gras) was made and plan was to hide baby Jesus, so that the person who got it will be crowned as king which sounded not good to Annu, so we abandoned it.

                   Kids received three small gifts which was kinder joy their favourite and did some dressing up as wise men.

There is a traditional way to end epiphany is to bless the house. In some parts of Poland the priest visits all the houses of the parish and bless houses. Elsewhere in Europe various specific items are taken to church the day before epiphany to be blessed; chalk, water and incense.(All these taken from A book of feast and seasons from Joanna Bogle). The blessed chalk is used to write initials above the main door of the house, together with the year and a cross like this 20 + k+M + B+15.One of our friend priest was invited to bless our house and had a meal with him and it was a blessed time.

Towards the end children took all the Xmas decors down.