This afternoon we went to visit Santa's grotto at a plant nursery in Glan Conwy. There was a lot of build-up to this outing, and I don't know if Rhiannon saw what she expected to see. Santa wasn't there (thankfully!) but we got to peek into his house and admire the elaborate display. Tryfan loved the fake candles in the window and immediately pointed to them, saying "hot" and holding his hand out. For about 10 minutes, he continued to stand there nodding his head and saying "Yeah! Yeah!" to himself and the candles, refusing to leave!
I was pretty impressed with this grotto -- there was a real stream flowing under the little bridge with a water fountain and lots of sparkly lights and decorations. In the lower right of the photo you can see the candles that Tryfan was pointing at. Pretty good for a little plant nursery in a small village!
Rhodri and I have been able to leave the kids with Nain and Auntie Sioned and sometimes Taid (if he is not working) and go do our own things! Bliss! We have done a bit of shopping, played squash, went on a walk up the Vardre (hill near the house that has remnants of an 8th century castle still standing), met up with friends, and even went to see a movie. Rhiannon and Tryfan seem to hugely enjoy their time with their grandparents and Auntie as well, so its a win-win-win all around! Rhiannon is speaking really well in Welsh now. She still throws in the occasional Norwegian word, but her vocabulary has increased by about double just over the past couple of days. It is really cool to hear her 'siarad cymraeg' (speak Welsh).
I was pretty impressed with this grotto -- there was a real stream flowing under the little bridge with a water fountain and lots of sparkly lights and decorations. In the lower right of the photo you can see the candles that Tryfan was pointing at. Pretty good for a little plant nursery in a small village!
Rhodri and I have been able to leave the kids with Nain and Auntie Sioned and sometimes Taid (if he is not working) and go do our own things! Bliss! We have done a bit of shopping, played squash, went on a walk up the Vardre (hill near the house that has remnants of an 8th century castle still standing), met up with friends, and even went to see a movie. Rhiannon and Tryfan seem to hugely enjoy their time with their grandparents and Auntie as well, so its a win-win-win all around! Rhiannon is speaking really well in Welsh now. She still throws in the occasional Norwegian word, but her vocabulary has increased by about double just over the past couple of days. It is really cool to hear her 'siarad cymraeg' (speak Welsh).
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