Well the festive period is here and Jemma and her best friend Katie decided that they would go Christmas carol singing again this year. They thought that they would make the effort and get dressed up as Santa and an Elf this year rather than just going dressed normally.

I think you will agree if you look at the photo's below that they made a first class effort and really looked the part, which may be why they had such a good response from the people at the house's where they sang the carols on the doorstep.

Last year they made £50 between them and were over the moon. This year they set out to beat that and dressed up in Christmas time clothes - they set off to make a fortune !

They were not to be disappointed as they made £72 between them this year, a cool £36 each for a few hours singing This money was counted up and split between them and is to be saved for spending money for when they go to Disneyland Paris next year on a school holiday. So its a win-win situation, as it means that I won't have to shell out as much spending money to Jemma

As they were out they were also given chocolate bars as a way of thank you for the singing that they did, naturally they ate them throughout the night and didn't bring any home to share They were also invited to join a clubs choir if they wanted and as far as I know are thinking about doing this.

Our Kelsey also had a night out and got dressed up in a lovely dress. She was going to the West Coast Rock Cafe for a Christmas night out with 7 or 8 of her friends. She enjoyed a three course meal whilst chatting and laughing with her mates. After the meal they all exchanged gifts with each other and insisted that they all opened them up there and then. There was none of that 'save it for Christmas day' stuff, they couldn't wait to see what each other had got. Kelsey got some nice gifts off her friends and had a lovely time.

Pam also had a Christmas night out with her work friends, they went out for a meal and a nights entertainment at the Norbreck Castle Hotel on the promenade. Pam says that her meal was also very nice and that they all had a good time and a few bottles of wine between them. She strolled in at 3am but shhh don't tell anyone will you (dirty stop-out).

Oh yes and me ...... I just stayed in on my Jack Jones and had a party all of my own, a real Mardi Gra.

Seasons Greetings

Gz

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Buckingham Palace

On the 21st of October me and Kelsey went to London with our Grandparents.
We packed our suit-cases the night before and were ready to set off to the train station.When we got there it was closed and there were quite a lot of people waiting out-side. So me, Kelsey and our Grandparents stayed in the car with Dad for about half an hour. Finally the train station opened and we got out of the warm car into the cold morning air ,brrrrrr.!!!

We grabbed our suit-cases said bye to our Dad and we all went in side.We stood at the door waved bye to Dad and carried on walking.
Then Auntie Treena arrived from the taxi and we all went to get on the train.

We found our seats and about 10 mins later when everyone was on, the train set off. Off we went out of Blackpool going to Manchester where we changed trains.In Manchester train station we caught another train going to London.It took 4 hour to get there but didn't seem that long at all.We finally got to London and found the travelodge got the keys to our rooms and went in to dump our suit-cases.

Went out-side and had a look around to see where everything was.
After a busy day we had tea in a really yummy place called Garfunkel's a very popular eating place where we ate every night.

When we were in London we went on the following places:

• London Eye
• Tower of London
• Buckingham Palace
• Hampton Court Palace
• Hamleys toy shop
• Harrods
• Prince Edwards Theatre
• River Thames boat trip
• London underground
• National History Museum
• Covent gardens
• Picadilly circus
• Leicester square
• Trafalgar square

All of these we managed to do in 4 days!!

We also did plenty of walking and it was very very busy in London in the day and also at night.
In Prince Edwards theatre we watched Mary Poppins and it was amazing and we all enjoyed it. :>> :.
The characters were just like the proper people in the film. Mary Poppins was the best character in it because she flew with her umbrella and sung all the songs very well. The second day in London we went on the London Eye it is slow so you can take photos of the whole city including the River Thames.

On the River Thames we went on a Halloween boat trip it was really good because the man told us all about all the different buildings that you can see. The boat trip was a little scary there was skeletons sitting next to you also scary sounds as well. :> U-(

In London we went to the biggest toy shop in the world its called Hamleys it had 8 floors full with excellent toys.
We went on the 3rd floor looked around and saw the build a bear workshop in the corner of the room. We walked over there and our Nana said she will buy us one we got all excited and chose our bears picked a sound and went to the lady who stuffed them. After they were stuffed we chose them some nice clothes even shoes and underwear, p.j's and dressing gowns.

Then we made a birth certificate for our bears on the computer then went to the counter to pay for them and collected our birth certificate and came out of the shop.

In London the theatres are very expensive also all the shops. The most expensive shop in London is Harrods because its very popular and is for rich people.

Kel 'n' Jem D

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Photo's from the girls camera.