My Cuppa Irish Tea: School is Finished...Finally!

This past Thursday my mother and I took the children to Riverdance at the Gaiety Theatre in town. Riverdance is on its 20th anniversary tour - can you believe the show has been around that long? We took the bus into town and we first ate at Milano's. The children really wanted to eat there before we leave. We walked up to the Gaiety Theatre which was right off of Grafton Street. The Gaiety Theatre opened in 1871 and when you walk inside you can tell it is an old style theatre, it is beautiful.

L with her new bedtime story..the program!

Waiting for the doors to open!

It was hard to get a picture and I only had my
phone, but the inside had so much detail. There was also a
gorgeous chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

We had great seats - 10 rows from the front which was perfect for the children

We all enjoyed the show especially the children. L talked about it all the way home in the taxi. She is now saying she wants to be a veterinarian and an Irish dancer when she gets older. Thank goodness...because last week it was a vet and ballet dancer and there is now way any of my children are EVER doing ballet. Ha! It was a fun night to all be together.

The next day was the children's last day of school. L was a little sad that this would be her last time going to Lollipop Lane. She is definitely going to miss her teachers and friends at school. The children all got dressed up for their last day and they brought home their big notebook with all their projects, etc. There was even a graduation photo in it, because technically if we were staying here she would be starting proper school in the fall. Here they can start at age 4 or 5...the parent can decide.

L and Miss Lisa

T was 'Mr. Cool' on his last day. He has asked me several times why we can't stay another year or will we ever come back again for a year. He really likes the lifestyle over here and loves the all boys school. He got a few of the email addresses for the boys so they could chat on the iPods at home.

K was also able to dress up for her last day of school. She had a wonderful day with her class. They were all so good to her. They all wrote her letters in a book and gave her a big teddy bear with Irish chocolate. She said a bunch of the girls were all crying because K was leaving. I'm sure that K will keep in touch with all of them and see them again when we return for the summers.

K with the 5th Class

Saturday I started packing the last suitcase which I had to get out of the attic. I had a little helper who wanted to pack the whole suitcase. Lets just say we did not get very far.

L at the top of the attic stairs

L and her animals in the suitcase

I gave up on packing, and it was a rainy day so we drove out to Dundrum and did our last round of indoor mini-golf. The children had been asking to do this again since they thought it was so neat to golf inside.

L got a HOLE in ONE!

Eddie Rockets for dinner

The children are going to miss Eddie Rockets...I will not!

K's soccer club had a big awards ceremony on Sunday, which they call a 'presentation ceremony'. It was actually really nice. They invite all the club teams, and gave out player of the season to each time, and player of the year. The club's player of the year who is only 16 is going to play for Real Madrid's U-20 team. Afterwards they opened up the club bar and had a big barbecue. Sorry all these pictures are bad.