We usually celebrate on Bonfire Night itself (November 5th), by watching a firework display at a village school with friends, then going back to their house for drinks and snacks afterwards. This year our friends' son was sick and the weather was dismal, so we didn't make it. In the end we went to a firework display tonight at another local school. Good fireworks, but very, very loud. Little Cherub was seriously not impressed, though she did manage to hang in there - literally, hanging round my neck which she decided was the only safe place.
'Tis also the season to prepare for Advent, albeit accidentally. I spotted this wooden Advent calendar in John Lewis yesterday and loved it. It has little drawers just big enough to hold three sweets or chocolates, a tiny gift, or a note. I love that it includes a nativity scene. I just know that if I looked for something like this, I would never find it ... so I bought it while I had the chance.
Very cute, exactly the sort of thing one could never find if one were looking for it.
ReplyDeleteOne year we went over to a friend's house for dinner and a movie and they chose V for Vendetta as appropriate for the night. Dd was a tad young for it, and I spent alot of time in the backyard with her but I did think it was cool of these friends to think up a historical tie-in for us homeschoolers. It just might have worked better with a high schooler, not an elementary kid! LOL!
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