Seeing and Not Seeing

Concentration

G5 (aged 3) accompanied us to Messy Church. The theme was Remembrance and it was interesting to see which activities took her interest, and which ones did not.

This 'Frazzle' challenge, which required you to 'remember' how to negotiate the trickier bends, clearly took her interest.
OK, so she didn't get a totally clear round, but neither did most of those who undertook the challenge. However, I have to say that she did much better than I anticipated.





G5 (aged 3) went home with a shoe box containing a lavender bag, a biscuit decorated to look like a poppy and a cross constructed from two lolly sticks and embellished with more sticker bling than anyone would have thought possible.

Home for a coffee and then we went off to town.

To the KHT's delight, we went to see The Grinch. As far as she was concerned, this was the perfect film - as it was a cartoon based on Christmas.
I would love to be able to give a comprehensive review of the film, but I know that I was inspecting the inside of my eyelids for part of it.
There was a good message, without mentioning God or Christianity (unless I slept through that bit). According to the film, Christmas is about welcoming people and wanting good things for others, not just about what we receive.
It is a pity that this season of celebration has become such a festival of excess...










The KHT approved of the Christmas decorations in the shopping centre and was planning how we could take this tree home, even if it would have to inconveniently pass through the bedroom above the lounge, up into the loft and possibly through the roof...

The KHT also examined all the toiletries in TK Maxx,  and the book stock in both The Works and Waterstones.










It is amazing what you can see
when you look closely and don't fall asleep...