Ben's Blog

Today, Ben got a certificate for his Independent Reading as he is doing really well with it.

At school, Ben has been learning how to sign a song and today was the assembly where the year group signed a song, as today is deaf awareness day. It was really good and Ben did really well with the sing language. He also had to read some information out so please see below for pics and a couple of videos. 😉

sign2sing at school

sign2sing at school

We had a lovely time over Christmas and had plenty of family visits before and after the big day!

On Christmas Day this year, the boys actually got up without me waking them up, although I did have to go down to the kitchen and turn the oven on at 6:30am, as the Turkey was that big it took hours to cook! So I did see all the presents that Father Christmas had left before anyone else did! heehee!

Just as I got back into bed, we heard the boys making noises and it wasn’t very long before we could hear them getting out of bed. Coby was still fast asleep though so I think Ben and Aaron woke him up as he looked quite dazed when we saw him! All of our stockings were full to the brim on the landing, so they boys pulled them into our room and up onto our bed, and started opening the presents. By this point, Coby had woken up and was very excited unwrapping his stocking presents. Aaron was the first to get through them all so had to wait for the rest of us, so he had some nibbles of chocolate whilst he was waiting! The boys all had some great presents including new books and clothes, new Lego figure lights, some Star Wars hot wheels vehicles, plenty of chocolate and sweets and other little goodies.  They were then, of course, itching to go downstairs and see what Father Christmas had left under the tree for them!

So I went down first and got the camera ready and went in the front room and waited for them to come in. Of course, they were all extremely excited but Ben, as usual, had to take it too far and was stupid and fell on the floor pretending to be so excited! So I wasn’t best pleased. There were lots and lots of presents for everyone, and Father Christmas had left a lot for the boys, but before opening any, we had something to eat for breakfast. This mostly consisted of shortbread biscuits! Yum!

For the rest of the morning, we opened our presents, one at a time. Coby was very excited and wanted to help open everyone’s presents so we had to tell him off a few times. Saying that, Aaron was the same and was actually probably the most excited out of them all! All three boys got some excellent presents including a tablet for Ben and Aaron, a Balance Bike for Coby, some board games for each of them, a 4 in 1 sports table for them all (from Mummy and Daddy!), clothes, various little toys, a Hot Wheels Mega Garage set for Aaron, Hex Bug set for Ben, books, a Leapfrog Reader for Coby, a Paw Patrol set for Aaron and another for Coby, a BladeBuilders Lightsaber for Ben, a cash till for Coby and many other things. They were all very lucky to get all they got!

We managed to open everything during the morning (for a change!) and then we had a lovely Turkey dinner which everyone ate, and then settled down for the afternoon to watch the TV and play with all the wonderful presents. The boys went to bed just after 7:30pm and were quite tired out with all of the excitement of the day. 

We all had had a lovely Christmas day and thanks to everyone who gave us all presents!

Here are some pics. 😉

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Here is a photo of Ben and Aaron with Father Christmas and one of his Elves at the Milky Way Adventure Park. They both had a good chat with him about what they wanted for Christmas and whether they had been good or not, but they were both quite shy really.  Coby didn’t want to sit next to Father Christmas at all unfortunately, as he was tired and teasy and wanted to just go and play on the indoor play equipment! Tut! They all got a little present though, so they were pleased with that.

Father Christmas @ The Milky Way Adventure Park

Here are a couple of pics from when we visited Homeleigh Garden Centre at the end of October to look at their Christmas stuff.

Here is a pic of the boys at the Woolwell Christmas Tree, just after it was turned on last weekend before a short Carol Service.