Yay for my site having been around for a year! It’s gone really quickly! :O

Just for the benefit of some of my newer readers, here are some of my most memorable posts…

A word to plug holes with? : 14.2.08 : Is the word love overused?
What a day! : 25.2.08 : The perils of arguing with filing cabinets.
Teehee! I has a hate mail! : 3.3.08 : Am I too nice?
Postmodern Bear : 10.3.08 : The nerdiest cartoon ever
Where do you draw the line? : 12.3.08 : The “new sins” from the Catholic Church.
March 2008 : March 2008 : Lots of posts about Wonderland
How far is too far? : 4.4.08 : When does discipline become too harsh?
Friends = WIN <3 : 9.4.08 : Can YOU open your cellphone with your feet?
Conservative universities and social development : 22.4.08 : Pensacola Christian College
Child beauty pageants – creepy or cute? : 25.4.08 : Would you let your child participate?
So what happened? : 7.5.08 : An explanation of my personal run-in with a cult.
Film opening : 11.5.08 : The opening of the film I was in.
The Story of Angry Man : 3.6.08 : Speaks for itself, I think!
Public humiliation – the way to go? : 4.6.08 : Bright pink vests for taggers?
Abortion on demand? : 10.6.08 : Were some abortions in NZ illegal?
Faith Healer FAIL : 14.6.08 : Man injured after “receiving spirit”; attempts to sue church
Faking your death for a good cause? : 9.7.08 : A controversial anti-drink driving display
Organ donation – where do you draw the line? : 2.9.08 : Organs for organ donors?
21 things that make me smile : 15.9.08 : The best things about turning 21.
How to survive…being an Only Child : 30.10.08 : The strangest book I have ever read.
Unadopted? : 1.11.08 : Is it ok to terminate an adoption if the child becomes “difficult”?
Blog Secret : 18.11.08 : Someone elses’ thoughts are featured today
First posts : 12.12.08 : The first sentences of the first posts of every month.
Ask Holly #1 (Answers) : 20.12.08 : Things you wanted to know about me.
The Post Christmas Post : 26.12.08 : Christmas 2008
New Years Survey: 2008 : 30.12.08 : The one EVERYBODY does!
What!? How!? : 11.1.09 : Strange ways people found my blog
How far is too far? : 25.1.09 : What’s a fair margin to win a game by?
100 things I love <3 : 1.2.09 : One of my favourite posts ever.

Today was my first session as a Pippin leader!

Although I originally thought my unit was only going to have six girls, it turns out that we now have ten, thanks to a few more newbies joining and a couple of existing ones bringing their friends along.

Because my unit leader wanted to recognise Chinese New Year (thanks to a big lantern display about to start up here in Christchurch, which some of the kids will probably being going to with their families) we ended up making our own lanterns.

I found this craft on the internet and initially thought it might be slightly too difficult for 5 and 6 year olds, but it turned out to be fine. The girls were more capable (and creative!) than I thought they would be. :D

Next week…grass toboganning! :D

This is a special post for everybody who commented on here wanting to know what I was dressing up as!

The Blue Fairy. I went into a costume hire shop and saw this dress, decided I REALLY liked it, and so was delighted to discover that the Blue Fairy does indeed exist – she’s a character from Pinnochio!

What you very sadly can’t see all that well in this photo (click to enlarge it) is my extremely sparkly blue makeup. I had great fun with that, lol. It was just face paint with glitter over the top, but it matched the dress really well!

Just in case you were wondering, based on the partly visible costumes, the person on my right (Jenny!) is dressed up as Brennan from Bones, and the person on my left is a bug (ladybug). :D

My parents also went, Dad dressed as a burglar (much to the excitement of the neighbour’s dog, who went crazy barking as he walked past, he was worried someone might think he was a real burglar?!) and mum was a butterfly.

I was surprised by how much dressing up like this has made me miss doing pantomimes, where the costumes tend to be much more exciting than they will be in Oliver, where everybody plays "real" people!