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Tuesday

It was badge week at gymnastics and I achieved bronze status for apparatus!  Get me, another one for my cool file I keep them in.

Wednesday

Neds last rugby match of the season was a rather spirited affair. Nhe mad a fantastic run the whole length of the pitch to score a fantastic try, only for it to be disallowed by the ref who was so far away he couldn't see that he touched the ball down over the line.  He was devastated.  There were like loads of high tackles from Trinity which is against the rules by all accounts? This riled the Park House lot up rather so the tackles inreased in ferocity, ultimatlely ending up in one of Neds team who is pretty much as tall as Dad getting high tackled and what can only be described as a fight breaking out.  I thought it was seriously exciting stuff, even if Ned wasn't involved.

Straight from the rugby club to Team Kennet again for me......I'm glad the rugby season has finished.

Thursday

Another day rehearsing the play, adding to Mr Percy's stress levels.  After school Mum and I went to Best One to get ourselves some sweets for tomorrows Panto trip.....

Friday

Panto trip with the school, Mum got an invite too as she's been a reading helper.  Fortunatley I didn't have to sit with her, she sat with the other invited grown ups.  I sat with Harrison, like it was the back row of the cinema, all cuddled up.  It was great fun, the loud thing i've ever been involved in...so much shouting and screaming and when we all had to stamp it was like an earthquake!  Mr Percy got a lot of stick from the Dame character too.

In the evening we went with the Halfords for a meal at the newish pub up by Tesco.  Sadly the lovely Hartley wasn't allowed to come with us.  We walked from their house all the way along Monks Lane which gave plenty of oppurtunity for larking about with the boys, it was great fun, we all know how much I like a walk!  The meal took a little while to arrive which was a shame as we were starving, but we filled the time with plenty of fun and I enjoyed it when it dida rrive.  I love a kids menu when you can put your own bits together, chicken nuggets, mash and salad sticks...perfect for me.
The walk home was just as much fun too, I even managed to get Dad to sit me on his shoulders for a bit which was quite an achievement as he had banned me from this earlier in the year on the grounds that I was way too big.

Saturday

A very rare event took place this morning, we washed the car!  The poor thing was filthy.  I love car washing, well, I love getting the water everywhere, getting soaked then clearing off indoors before it's finished anyway.
It may be a few years since we left, but the Infant school Christmas fete is still one of the highlights of our Christmas preparations, Ned included!

There were all the usual attractions, Miss Stricklands face painting is still brilliant and I was thrilled she still remembered me:

I still love the biscuit decorating stall, I think you can see the benefit of my exeprience now, i'm not so prone to throwing as much decoration at it as I can manage anymore and take the less is more approach:

It didn't last long though.....

Even I can't resist a decorated biscuit:

And in a drastic upturn in fortunes, I won things on the tombolas!  It was a remarkable upturn over previous years where i's spend all my money and not win a thing and have to envy Ned's bagfull sof prizes.  It must be said, he did pretty well again this year and came home with a whole lot of edible goodies.

Sunday

I got another trip to the Panto with Sasha (who's Mum had aquired some free tickets apparently) and Jess.  It was ace going out with them and we loved the panto still, even if it wasn't quite as raucous as the full school trip.