Oink!! Oink!!

So what has happened to the sunshine? It has been going downhill since Tuesday, maybe it's preparing for a fantastic summer...or maybe not!

Yesterday was Wednesday, so it was mass at 12pm as usual. We seem to have a new attendee in our midst. Her name is Nina and she is originally from South America, and she has joined us a few times now. She is, of course, more than welcome, as is anyone!

I even remembered the right point at which I needed to go up to the altar to assist with serving for the Bishop...a long way to go before I can do it all or am anywhere near competent though! That reminds me, it wont be long before our cassocks arrive, Roy will be happy then, when he is no longer wearing polyester!!!!

After church I had to be home on time as Debbie, I and the children were going to Tunbridge Wells to the theatre there (Assembly Halls). We had booked some time ago to see Peppa Pig Live, we even managed to get front row seats.

The theme of the show is of it being Peppa Pig's birthday party. The characters are puppets and you can clearly see the puppeteers who also do the voices for the characters. I have to say I thought the show was great, as did Debbie.

Hollie, our 18 month old was fascinated, and had a big, big smile on her face throughout. When she first saw Peppa she was shaking with excitement and shouted out "Peppa" at the top of her voice!!! She was even dancing along and joining in with clapping, etc!!

Ethan, our 5 year old, also loved the show. He really enjoyed taking party in the audience interaction activities, such as dancing, etc. He appeared to be very happy indeed.

All in all the show lasts about an hour and a half, and at just £12.50 per ticket I thought was great value. The theatre was packed, so this is a clear sign of Peppa's popularity.

As we were sitting in the front row we even managed to get wet with a little help from George's (Peppa's little brother) tears....this surprised a lot of people!!!

We saw Peppa, George, Mummy & Daddy Pig and several of Peppa's friends....can't remember all of their names. We also saw Grandpa Pig's train, I think the train is called Gertrude. Their is also a human friend who kind of leads the focus of the show called Daisy, she was great and really got the audience involved!

All in all I would highly recommend this show to any Peppa fan....or maybe even any adult who is still a kid at heart!!

After the show we went for something to eat at Cosmo, which is a chinese 'all you can eat' restaurant. The food there is very nice and not bad value, they even have soem rather tasty desserts! I think that they are a chain, I know that they have another restaurant in Hastings which we have been to a few times before. Ethan likes these, as he loves the chow mein type noodles...Hollie eats anything, so she is not an issue. Ethan even ate soem jelly for dessert, which is a huge step for us as he is very fussy about what he eats and will never try anything new. This is associated with his autism. So the fact that he tried (and liked) jelly is great, as it is now another food that we can add to his rather limited 'comfort zone' list. One small step for Ethan....one giant leap for us!

Anyway, I'll try and update again on Sunday....or maybe Monday!!

Until then....in the words of Peppa "OINK OINK"!