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| Me and her with my final Christmas jumper- the 5 Gold Rings one! |
CBC and I had our first baby-sitting (well, child-caring...) adventure with my niece K. Isn't it shameful that we somehow haven't done this in the 10 years she has been in our lives!?!
We planned to take her to see Frozen 2 for her 10th birthday present and as it happened, my sister had a course at work so needed to be out on the Sunday. I said it would be nice if K come stay over. C was happy about this.
C brought her over about 8pm-ish as she wanted to spend a bit of time with her before she had to go to bed as she'd been working that day too.
K arrived excitedly. The first thing we did was to decorate our new Christmas tree which CBC had just bought- K was very happy to be part of this. After this, we went and did some drawing and colouring of pictures of cats climbing Christmas trees. We also learnt some German (K loves learning German at school!) as I did it for A'level and she was keen to learn some extra vocab. We then ate chocolate ice-cream, played Banagrams and eventually we got her to bed at some point that was rather late (not admitting to anything here!). Our mad tap attacked her as she cleaned our teeth so she had to borrow my nightie as hers was soaked.
The next morning, CBC went out to cycle and K and I were at home. We ate breakfast and then I proceeded to teach her how to play Jingle Bells with two hands on the piano. She was so dedicated at learning it- she kept on on practising as she was determined to get it right to show her mum. We also did some more German vocab but made it fun by drawing illustrations to go with it!
Finally, I taught her all about how to play major and minor chords on the piano so she could find any chord (she told me I was a good teacher! Haha!)
After this, we drove into town and she and I skipped off to Mr Simm's, the sweet shop to stock up on some plastic free sweets before we went to Nando's for lunch.
Frozen 2 was great fun! We all enjoyed it and then we drove her home.
It was really fun spending time with her and hopefully we will do it again soon!
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That sounds like a lovely time with your niece, Kezzie! I used to see my nieces more (we had shopping dates), but now they are mostly grown. Love your "5 Golden Rings" sweater!
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How lovely for her to have a brilliant auntie (& uncle) like you. And HER tee-shirt is wonderful. Families are precious. Cherish them
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely time you had with your niece. I cherish the times I spent with my nephew as he grew up and now he is a hairy six foot man he still has a cuddle for his (favourite) aunt!
ReplyDeleteHappy memories for you and lets hope you make more xx
It sounds like you both had a lovely time. Spending time with children is always tiring I find but very fulfilling, they really teach you to live in the moment.
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How lovely - I bet she really enjoyed her sleepover with you. Did you tell her you've had plenty of practice at being a teacher? LOL.
ReplyDeleteI can see you in sweet little, K. There's a strong family resemblance!
ReplyDeleteI bet she loved hanging out with you, cool auntie! xxx
I agree with Vix that I can definitely see the family resemblance. I'm sure your niece will be requesting more sleepovers now, as you surely made the most of the time you spent together. xxx
ReplyDeleteSo great that you enjoyed Frozen 2 with your niece. I want to see it too. I liked the first film.
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