So as you can guess by my lack of blogging, things have been pretty crazy for the past few months with mum and dad running round doing this, then doing that, and sometimes even doing the other! Why? Well the reason for all this is that sadly they've been packing up our life in London to go and start a brand new one in Sweden, where my mum is from.
She's been living in London for more than 14 years and I don't think people stay somewhere for that long unless there are lots of nice people around who make you smile. It must have been hard for mum and dad to leave all their friends, but it makes me feel extra special to know that they'd do that for me! I don't think Sweden will just be good for little old me though, it'll be great for my folks too - I just know it.
The day before we left mum and dad invited some close family and friends for a picnic in my honour. Dad says he originally tried to organise a 'proper' naming ceremony for me but the people who do it wanted him to give them lots of money for the pleasure, so instead it was off to the (free) park! I'm happy about that as I already owe dad money for helping me buy mum a mother's day present so I don't want him to add more to my bill when I turn 18!
The day in the park was great - the sun shone and all my best friends smiled, although godmummy Kathryn did cry a little bit when her and goddaddy Tom read a poem for me and that seemed to make all the other girls cry too! Thanks everyone who came along and made it so special. Here I am with the two best godparents in town:
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| I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse... |
The party had loads of kids running round, music being played and best of all lots of friendly faces. Dad and his friend Wayne also organised a charity auction, which is kind of where everyone agrees to pay lots of money for things which sometimes aren't worth that much!
Everyone was really happy to spend their money and we raised £365 for a charity called Whittington Babies. They help something called the neonatal baby unit at the Whittington hospital in North London where I was born. Luckily I didn't have to spend any time in the neonatal unit but lots of babies and their families do so I'm glad we could raise some money to help!
Thanks to everyone who came to say goodbye and who helped set up the party and raise all the money. Here are some pictures of the great leaving party:
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| Auction items - check out the picture of me and my dad on the right! |
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| Everyone thought the auction was good fun, or are they laughing at mum? |
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| Dad and some friends pretended to be mum's favourite band Blur for the night. |
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| I didn't know mum and dad knew Lady Gaga and Beyonce - they're so cool! |
Our final farewells were said the following morning at breakfast with some of our closest friends. Mum and dad were pretty quiet but I'm not sure if that was because they were sad or just had sore heads from the party! Thanks again to everyone for an ace send off and we're going to miss you all like mad. Please come and see us!
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| The Last Supper, or Breakfast in this case. |
P.s. It's good to be back!
Yay! It's great to have some news from you! :) Thanks for the lovely blog entry. I miss you all and love you lots! Hope to see you on Skype soon. I'll arrange it with your mum. LOVE YOU! Give my love to your mum and dad, mormor and morfar. x x x x x x x x x x
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