Peter Pan Cup | Vlog | Episode 17 ● by Jess

Fist of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Jon and I have been up in Scotland for the past few days, so I've been behind in getting this video posted... but I've got several more in the works which I'm very excited about!

As for this one, on Christmas day, in London, virtually everything is closed. But, people have been going to compete in the Peter Pan Cup-- a swimming race in the Serpentine-- since 1864! That's a whole lot of history! And we definitely wanted to see it. So we got up bright and early on Christmas morning and went to watch the race in Hyde Park.

 Then we strolled around Hyde Park, feeding the ducks, and squirrels and feeling a bit like Disney princesses when the birds flew down out of the trees and ate right out of our hands. It was a magical Christmas morning to be sure, especially because my brother Rich, his wife Mya and their baby Luke were there to share it with us.

Rich & Mya Come to London | Vlog | Episode 16 ● by Jess

My brother, his very sweet wife, and their adorable baby, came to visit us in London for Christmas. Fun, festive times were had!!

Winter Wonderland | Young Rubbish Vlog | Episode 15 ● by Jess

Winter Wonderland is possibly my favourite thing about living in London during Christmas time. We went last year and loved it... but I feel like it gets better and better each year. It is this massive carnival + bavarian winter market that comes to Hyde Park year year. It literally takes 2 hours just to walk through it, much less ride the rides or buy anything. It just feels like this glittering, sparkling, magical funland... and it pretty much brings the inner kid right out of you!

Holiday Update ● by Jess

I don't usually get to gush about all my little kidlets, but, since my school posted these photos of our Nativity play on Twitter, I think I'm in the safe zone! I can't say much about it, except to say that it was one of the most adorable things I've seen in a long time. The kids owned it-- each person had their own lines to memorise and songs to learn and they did so well!In other news, Jon turned 30 this week. What a stud! Plus he decided to spend his birthday at the opera (we saw L'elisir d'amour). What a cultured guy! I'm one lucky lady....

Now that I'm out of school for Christmas, and I finally have a chance to take a breathe, I am-- of course-- sick.  Battling with a pretty nasty sounding chest cold at the moment, but I've got a couple of exciting things up my sleeve for Christmas! Stay posted for some holiday vlogs!

Friendsgiving | Young Rubbish Vlog | Episode 14 ● by Jess

[*Disclaimer* This is a small amount of language in the postscript, although its been bleeped out for some of our younger viewers. Consider yourself sufficiently warned!]

When you're in a foreign country, you sometimes miss the holidays from back home. We got together last week with some of our expat friends from work and we all celebrated Thanksgiving, friends style!

It was so warm and cozy in Michele's flat (thanks again for hosting Michele!!) and it was awesome just eating food with fun people.

Happy Holidays!!