14 December – a 16th birthday party and a Christmas Ball
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14 December – a 16th birthday party and a Christmas Ball

Last night our eldest daughter had her 16th birthday party at our house (she turns 16 during this coming week). She chose to have mini chocolate cupcakes and mini lemon cupcakes (with one large lemon cupcake in the middle) instead of a traditional cake. As is now a birthday tradition, we borrowed a chocolate fountain…

9 December – a visit to Santa in Lisburn
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9 December – a visit to Santa in Lisburn

Although we don’t over emphasise Santa in our house, he is still part of our Christmas traditions. However he doesn’t get the credit for the biggest gifts on Christmas Day – we give the main present ourselves! When the kids were smaller there was usually a visit from Santa to the church toddler group (usually…