Thursday 28 April 2011

Royal Wedding excitement

I think I'll start my blog on a happy note ... I'm so excited about the Royal Wedding tomorrow! And why not?!

Many little girls dream of marrying a Prince, my 4-year old has already aspirations to do so! Over the last few weeks, she has being eagerly looking forward to a Prince and Princess party at pre-school. Initially she was going to be Kate Middleton although decided she didn't want her Prince to be called William, as she doesn't like the name! So she opted to go as Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), which was handy as we already had the dress, tiara and shoes! As we walked home from pre-school yesterday after the party, she was bubbling with excitment about the Royal Wedding, demanding to know when she could watch it.

So we will be watching the Wedding of the Year on TV with friends. With three young children, I am not mad enough to venture into London, think I'll leave that to the tourists! But I think it's fantastic that so many places have organised street parties. It shows a real sense of community.

Given the amount of publicity the Royal Wedding has been given, I can understand why some people are fed up hearing about it. Although do they need to go on about it and how they're not interested?! Considering the usual doom and gloom we have become so used to listening to, isn't it great to have something positive and happy to celebrate? It is such a welcome distraction from the 'normal' news and I will love watching it and getting into the community spirit!