A Busy Week

It has been a busy week with the build up to Christmas and celebrating two Birthdays in the Stock family. As you can see Allan pulled two great cakes out of the oven once again! On Wednesday night we visited Old Town Square to celebrate Mikulas (St Nicholas). This is certainly an unusual tradition ... St Nicholas looks like the Pope who is accompanied by an angel and the devil. If they stop you the kids need to sing a song and then they get given a treat (we just watched). Taylor, Leo and Corban also enjoyed watching some buskers who where making giant bubbles. The weekend saw us finish our visit to the Jewish Museum. Once again we learnt a great deal about the Czech Republics forced changes that have happened over the years and about the life and journey of the Jewish people from this area. The Jewish museum holds over 40,000 exhibit and 100,000 books that paint a comprehensive picture of the life and history of the Jews in this region. We spent two days looking through the various synagogues, halls and cemetery. We could easily have spent more time, but this was about what the little ones could handle. I have read and heard so much information that I can bearly take it all in myself! Not to mention what everything looks like, I had to take mental pictures because you are not allowed to take photographs. Next to the Jewish Ghetto is some of the most expensive real estate and shopping in Prague. I completely embarrased Taylor by posing outside shops like Prada, Gucci, Armani and so many more. I wasn't brave enough to go inside, but have decided that one day I'll dress up and go in, just because I can! Coban had a fun Birthday, we invited some other girls from our building for a small party. A great highlight was that it started to snow in the garden when they were doing the treasure hunt. She is pretty happy to be FOUR and spent the day in her own groove carrying her new school bag around town. It was also nice to hear Corban say to Leo in the morning when she got her gifts "come on Leo, do you want to help me open these?" What a nice sister! Dad sent a kiwi parcel, Taylor was very thankful for the marmite! If you listen carefully, Leo is actually singing the Birthday song perfectly. We had to not laugh, he was so cute!