Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Mumma and Dadda

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Hello everyone! This week I noticed something very odd, when I went out with mumma for shopping I saw all the shops were decorated with hearts and ribbons. The gift shops were selling heart shaped balloons, teddies and many more things. I have seen the shops before but they didn’t look like this; so I asked mumma why all the shops were decorated like that all of a sudden? Mumma said it’s because Valentine’s Day is approaching.

Valentine’s Day! What is it? Why do we celebrate it? I started asking mumma all kinds of questions about Valentine’s Day. I also saw a baby with an arrow in hand. So I asked who he was; mumma said he was cupid! She said she’ll answer all my questions once we get back home.

We came back home after an hour or so and I was very excited about knowing what was it all about. When I asked mumma again, she said we celebrate Valentine’s Day to show our love for people close to us. It is about expressing our love by sharing gifts like heart shaped balloons, teddies and other mementos. When I asked her about the baby with an arrow in his hand, mumma said he is called Cupid and there is a small story linked with him.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Psyche, she was so beautiful that everyone praised her whenever they saw her. There was another woman named Venus, who was very jealous of Pysche’s beauty. So she called upon Cupid, who was able to make people fall in love by shooting arrows. Venus asked him to shoot her with his arrow, so that she falls in love with the ugliest man in the world. Cupid went to do what Venus told him, but when he saw Psyche he was mesmerised with her beauty and accidentally shot himself with the arrow and fell in love with Psyche. This is reason why we associate Cupid with Valentine’s Day since he loved Psyche and lived happily with her ever after.

The story was so nice. I told mumma that even I want to celebrate Valentine’s Day and she agreed. We decided to make a nice Valentine’s Day card for dadda and buy a surprise gift for him also. We will also buy lots of balloons and decorate our home with them. Mumma told me she will get me sketch pens, glitters and coloured papers, so that I can make a beautiful card for dadda. She said that most people buy cards, but people feel special if we make something for them. I love dadda very much and I will make a card for him all by myself.

When I go to my nursery school, I will ask my friends how they will celebrate their Valentine’s Day. I will also tell them that I am planning a surprise for dadda and after that he will love me even more. Mumma said we can celebrate with everyone we love, so I will make a card for my best friend also. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!

 

A Trip to the Tower of London

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Hi everybody! How was your weekend? What did you do over the weekend? We had a great time. We went out, had good food and enjoyed a lot. This weekend dadda took us to the Tower of London and we had great fun! Dadda said we have heard a lot of stories about kings, queens and prisoners, so let’s go and have a look at a real palace!
To make the trip more exciting and interesting we took a boat to the Tower Millennium Pier from Greenwich, passing through Tower Bridge. We reached the Tower of London at 9’o clock when the gates were just opening. Dadda had already booked the tickets online and we collected them from the Welcome Centre, so we didn’t have to wait in the queue. We clicked some photographs as we entered the sprawling complex that had several buildings. We first went to see the ‘Crown Jewels’ where several precious gems were at display. There were swords, spurs, rings, royal robes and many other things on display as well. We also entered the Jewel House to see the diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Mumma said the kings and queens would wear them or these adorned their crowns. That’s so exciting! I wish I could wear a crown like that.

I enjoyed watching the palatial guards march up and down at the Tower of London. They were wearing black and red uniforms with a funny looking hat.

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We next reached the White Tower. We saw the Line of Kings, which had several suits of armour and arms on display. Dadda said Henry VIII and his men wore these when they were out on a war. He also said that these are on display for more than 300 years. We also visited The Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula and The Green Tower. We fed the ravens, which were huge glossy black birds flying all around the towers.
Each building was huge and amazing. I wish I could stay in a house that was this big. The grounds are huge; I can play all day long. As our tour came to an end, dadda told me a short history about the Tower of London, so that I could share it with my friends.
He said the Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror in 1078. It was the royal residence and it had a mint, an armoury, a prison and a zoo as well. Originally it was not this huge, the kings kept on adding to the original structure and it became this huge. Dadda also said that the ravens are believed to protect the Crown and the Tower, according to the traditions.

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We had a great day together and I would ask dadda to take me again to the Tower of London. I will also tell everything about it to my friend and about the things we did there. I wish I was a princess, then I could have lived in the palace with mumma and dadda!