On Saturday we had an early Christmas present..a family day out at the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park courtesy of ‘Fairy’, Bella and Charlie’s wonderful Godmother. Such a brilliant idea…memories are so much better than bits…honestly, she is the best!

We all went ice skating on the Wonderland ice rink and watched Charlie demonstrate his natural kamikaze skills..

And Bella showed her elegance.  They both have regular lessons so they left us for dust.

 We couldn’t have picked a better day.

Spot the extrovert.

We’d been before – 2 years ago..but this year was different.  The traditional was everywhere, like this fire pit..specially designed for roasting marshmallows..how special?!

Charlie and Bella with Fairy doing just that!

Which meant there was always a sweet smell of smoke on the air mixed with mulled wine and chocolate….

Who needs to go to Germany when Germany’s in London?

Too much information..

There were also playthings for the adults..depending on how many bratwurst sausages you’d eaten..and how much you minded them repeating..

We also had a very funny trip into the freezing Magical Ice Kingdom to see the ice sculptures (NB There’s also an ice bar..cheaper than a trip to the infamous Ice Hotel)….but apologies..all my pics are blurred as I was laughing too much….at the end is an ice slide….suffice to say unless you had the right coat on (Fairy) it was more of a bottom shuffle (Husband)…

It was a delicious, delightful, delectable day to savour for a long, long time..

Kisses to our amazing Fairy! – memories are made of this.

Laters, Kate x