Having lunch at the Waterfront restaurant. Mikee at the far left. The girl at the front right was not a classmate according to Mikee
The pizzas have arrived.
At the quay. From left: Peggy, Lizzie, Miller, Maddie, Grendel, Mikee, Polly, Verity, Amelie
Back at Knightstone for the Pamper Party. From left: Verity, Grendel, Lizzie, Polly and Peggy
Amelie getting a head massage
Mikee relaxing and having her feet done (but in my wide angle lens the feet became so big I decided to crop them!)
... and Peggy having her feet massaged as well, while the girls were watching TV
The girls were having fun in Mikee's bedroom. From left: Maddie, Verity, Polly and Amelie
Miller and Lizzie on the window bench
...while Jennifer was listening to all the fun seated on the landing outside Mikee's room
Singing karaoke. In the front: Amelie, Peggy and Verity. In the middle Lizzie, Grendel, Polly and Mikee. On the bed in the back: Miller and Maddie
More karaoke singing
Lizzie, Grendel and Polly
Amelie singing
Dinner is served. How any of the girls could eat anything after those pizzas for lunch is more than I understand!
Posh Nosh arranged the dinner for us
At dinner time some of the parents joined us.
The girls are ready for puddings. From left: Polly, Peggy, Katie (in front), Verity (in back), Amelie, Mikee, Cecille, Miller and Lizzie
On a windy and rainy Saturday in November Mikee invited some of her friends to a belated birthday party (She turned 13 a month earlier when she participated in Tarka the Otter at Exeter Cathedral). The party took place the same Saturday as both Eric and Mikee had their schools’ Christmas Fairs. Mikee spent the morning at Maynard’s selling her Honeycomb and Fudge Treats, and as she couldn’t leave before she brought in lots of money for the school, Mikee with the help of her classmates succeeded in selling everything.
Meanwhile Eric and I spent our time at St John’s Christmas Fair free from all the silly girls (Eric’s judgement).
Jennifer together with Greg (Grendel’s father) picked up the girls and brought them to the Waterfront, a former warehouse converted into a charming and homely restaurant at the riverside in Exeter. They served enormous pizzas (30 inches long). After lunch the girls came home to Knightstone, where Jennifer had arranged a pamper party for them. They had their nails done and head, shoulder or feet massage.
And afterwards they roamed around the manor and invaded Riza’s bedroom to sing karaoke. Later in the evening some of the parents arrived to join the party. We served fun buns (burgers) and posh dogs and finished with a variety of puddings, all expertly prepared by PoshNosh. It gave Jennifer and I a great opportunity not only to meet the girls at home but to get to know some of the parents as well.
