The Maggie Raggies babies and girls

The Maggie Raggies 22 cm babies are playing with their teddies. Left to right is Bonnie, Bessie and Bernie.

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The Maggie Raggies girls play outside

             

 Ann and Brenda are twins. They are wearing different coloured dresses today but there is also another difference.  Can you spot the difference?

 

Ann has a disability; she was born without her right ear (left ear in photo). She has normal hearing in her other ear so she copes well. Today they have come to the river with bread to feed the swans.

The swans swim over when Ann and Joy start throwing the bread into the river.                                       (Please do not feed ducks/ swans in the water).One of the swans has its signets on its back.

 

Bella walks by and she stops to talk to Ann and Brenda and announces she is going to climb onto the wooden safety barrier.

Ann and Brenda have been told by their mother not to climb onto the barrier. Ann watches Bella climb onto the barrier and sit on it.  Ann copies and climbs onto the barrier and sits on it too.  Perhaps she didn’t hear her mother tell her not too!

 

Brenda suggests they go and climb a tree when they have fed all the bread to the swans. Ann quickly climbs up and looks out. “I can see Berta playing on the plastic drainage pipes.” She calls out to the others.  Brenda replies “Let’s go over to her.” 
   

They run over to her. Berta sees them coming and is delighted to have some other girls to play with.

 They all play tag together going in and out the pipes.

  

When they tire of that game they decide to make daisy chain necklaces before they all go home.

Editor’s note; these dolls are 22cm tall.

St Patricks Day 2014

Colleen is an Irish girl and her family celebrates St Patrick's Day each year  on the 17^th March (the date St Patrick died) by wearing green or eating green food or decorating the inside of the house green.  (Since 1726 St Patrick taught about the Holy Trinity by showing the people the shamrock, a three-leafed plant to illustrate the Christian teaching of three persons in one god).

This year Colleen’s mum has allowed Colleen to invite a friend over to play on St Patrick's Day.  Colleen invites Rosa to come and play on St Patrick's Day.

 

Rosa chooses to wear a green dress because she knows Colleen celebrates St Patrick's Day.  When Rosa arrives at Colleen's house Colleen invites her in and tells her she has received a green beanie bear chair for a present today. She shows Rosa the green beanie bear chair and invites her to sit on it. 

 

   Rosa sits on it and says it is comfortable.  They are deciding what to play with when Colleen’s mother tells the girls that afternoon tea is ready.

  Colleen and Rose have a bottle of lime cordial which they pour into their cups to drink. They eat green grapes and green apples… that’s a healthy afternoon tea.

When they finish their afternoon tea Colleen takes Rosa to her bedroom.  Her mother has put  Colleen's green toys on display  for them to play with.  Rosa is quite surprised to see so much green.

They sit on the bedroom floor and play with the green toys until it is time for Rosa to go home.   Rosa will always remember this happy St Patrick's Day!