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ABC -Awards Days, Birthdays and Christmas

Once you  turn the calendar to December it seems that it becomes one eventful week after another - all good things, but very busy. This week, we attended school  awards days, birthday parties  for our grandchildren and tried to do some preparations for Christmas like finish making presents, put up the tree and decorations and even do some shopping!
  

Awards Presentation at Rutherford Public School can be a serious event for six year olds.

Birthday Parties with cousins are ...



 
lots of FUN.
Do grandparents really need help with the Christmas decorations ? 
And a special Happy Birthday to our second grandson - five years old !      

.... And if you would really like to see some fantastic holiday images - the participants of the Doll Holiday Ball Swap have been revealed at Vagabond Creations ( please go and have a look at the 33 wonderful art dolls) ... Here is mine called " Dreaming of a White Christmas", now hopefully at home in USA.





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