Practising for the Christmas show..

Next week, next Weds 8th to be exact, is Victoria's Christmas concert.  She has been practising the songs and knows all the words.  Today a friend came over to play - it's sad as Sophie and her family are leaving HK to embark on a new adventure - and they'd been singing all afternoon.  So I suggested to them let's put on a show....so they stood on the "stage"

The other snippet I got of the girls was when they were playing with the puzzles.  Apparently....it was a race.

Sophie and Victoria are just great friends and I know that Victoria is going to miss her.  They're both in the same class at school and have known one another since we arrived in HK.  Sophie's older brother, Joshua was in Hannah's class at Woodlands.  To all the Kerr's - it's not goodbye you're just embarking on a new adventure !.....but you all will be very much missed.

Colour

I nearly forgot to get this layout uploaded.  I've been abit busy since I completed the layout working on a mini album for a good friend - I'm not saying anymore just in case she reads this but all will be revealed soon.

The Southern Girls Challenge this time was to use your favourite colour.  This opened up a whole lot of possibilities.  I ended up going with purple and torquoise with of course abit of bling - can't get by without some sparkly bits now.  I think being in HK has opened up the door on the bling as everything and everyone has it in some shape and form.  I used papers from Basic Grey's Euphoria collection, some Prima swirls, Bo Bunny flowers and Kaisercraft Rhinestones of course with inking.

Top 3 place

The scrapbook challenge that I submitted my Rugged layout for at Southern Girls was placed in the top 3.  How faBulous is that !!!  Check out the blinkie in the side bar !!

Trick or Treat...?

I know this was a couple of weeks ago but better late than never.  Both girls celebrated Halloween at their respective schools but in completely different ways.  Hannah had a Halloween Disco in the evening from 6pm - 8pm up at her school.  She was so very excited about it and I guess for her it would have been a big deal.  Going out when it's dark and all dressed up too.  She wanted to go as a butterfly so I went and find some wings and a tutu.  She wore her ballet leotard and was very happy with the result.  I got in the act and found a witches hat to go with the black ensemble I'd found in the wardrobe....

Victoria was not happy about being left behind and wanted to get changed too.  She still wasn't happy as she wanted to come with us.

The above photo (my formatting has gone wonky and not sure how to fix it) of Hannah and her friend Darth Vadar aka Vivienne.  Hannah had a fantastic time out and upon getting home she was in bed fast asleep within 15 mins - a record.  She still had to be woken up at 6.30 the next morning to get ready for school.

The following day was Victoria's turn.  They had a party at her school and she dressed up too.  She wanted to go as Snow White so I headed off to Pottinger St in Central (THE place for costume attire for any age).  Found the outfit in question and had one happy girl getting ready for school.

Posing with the witch again....

Snack time was party time.  Victoria with her friends in the Rabbits class.

Outside in the playground after face painting.  This is unusual as she doesn't normally like her face being painting.  I think she liked the result !

Rugged...

The Southern Girls Challenge this time round was for Travel/Transport.  I did a layout using Little Yellow Bicycle's "Pack your bags" collection.  The paper came from my kit club that I belong to in Hong Kong.  It was a hard decision as to what photo(s) to use as I've still got all my Europe adventures to select from, my Japanese adventures and all those other travel/holiday photos......but in the end found this one.  It was from my very first trip to the Milford Sound.  We'd stopped at the entrance to the Homer Tunnel and were just amazed by the view !! 

Cooler weather....

Now that the weather is cooling down it's rather pleasant to be outside.  You can actually be outside without melting now and THAT has to be a good thing.  It's so exciting as the temperature has now dropped below 30 degrees.  Yes, that is something to be happy about.  So with the rennovations all complete, the landscaping all done, the girls are now able to enjoy the outdoor activities.

Heading to the swings at the back of the apartment block.

The swing area...

Striking a pose....

The podium area....perfect for scootering....

Scootering with her Princess Disc player..yes and the music is playing and yes, it's loud !

Action shots

Introducing Miss Happy.....not

Strike a pose..

Catch up.....South Bay School Trip for Victoria

It's been a while since my last update and lots has been happening.  I don't think I'll try and do it all in one post as it'll be rather long.....

I'll begin with Victoria's first ever school trip since she started at Woodlands.  Her class - Rabbits - had their school trip to South Bay beach.  However, we have been to South Bay a number of times before but not with school.  For Hannah's first school trip in Nov 2008 we also went to South Bay.  This is a photo of Victoria at the beach 2 years earlier....

and this is her now.....

Our trip began with the bus.  Everyone was so excited to not only be going to the beach but going there by bus with their mum, dad, grandparents etc

Upon arrival games were set up.  The first game to play was Parachutes - this was a real crowd pleaser and they all knew just what to do.

Next was the beach races...

then finding shells....

then tug of war...

and the last on the menu was exercise

After the beach friends and I took our girls out to lunch at Times Square.  There was a robot display which the girls really enjoyed.  Victoria with her friends - Ariel and Sophie.