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Saturday, May 7, 2011

The Royal Wedding

There was great excitement at Alice's pre-school, in the run up to the Royal Wedding.  They built carriages and castles and were all invited to dress up as Prince and Princesses for the day.




It all sounds very entertaining - this is an exerpt from the daily report.

"Following our small group play time, the children returned to the large group for the beginning of the “royal reception”. We began our second morning group time by discussing the royal wedding. I asked the children if they knew who was getting married. To which Abigail stated confidently, “Kate!”. I then asked who she was marrying…. “him!” was the answer I got, as they pointed to a picture of the couple posted on the wall. After some thinking Abigail and Amelie decided “him” was William. We then asked the children what Kate was going to become when she marries William this evening. They all agreed that she would become a princess. Katie then asked the children which country Prince William and Princess Catherine will be prince and princess of. Abigail’s hand shot into the air as she stated “ENGLAND! I am going to visit them in England!”. Following our discussion, we decided that we would practice our “royal dancing” just in case we ever need to attend a royal wedding in the future.


Unfortunately, there were not enough “princes” to go around. Alice and Piper had some beautiful ballet moves as they twirled around the room.  To end our dance the girls elegantly curtsied and the boys regally bowed to the girls. Quite the refined dancers!"



Later on, Alice was allowed to stay up and watch the wedding.  She peaked a little early, getting very excited when all the guests arrived ("Where's my Nanna?  When will she get to the wedding?" and, on catching sight of Prince Charles, "There's Grandad").  She was thrilled at William's red jacket "I like red now" but was bored by the time Kate arrived, so had to be put to bed.  We watched the hymns and the vows again the next day to slightly more interest.  But not much.

Stu had much more fun with the whole event, orgnanising a big bash at work, with two very special guests of honour:

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