New Year, New Adventures, Renewed Hope

Happy New Year my dear sweet Ariya Starr.

I thought it would be nice to start the new year by showing you what we all got up to over the festive period, We all dressed up as Christmas elves and your Nana and Grandad were Mr & Mrs Clause! even your Great Grandad and Nana got in on the act. we played lots of games and ate lots of food it was a really nice Christmas and everyone had a merry time as you can see below.

(Clockwise from top left) Great Grandad Elf, Great Nana Elf & Roxy Doggy, Grandad Clause & your Cousins Baby Noah & Leo the Elf, Nana Clause enjoying a well deserved cocktail, Daddy, Grandad, Great Grandad & Uncle Nath playing a game.

Also, I and your Grandad Paul debuted are Christmas Surprise, we have been busy working away on it in the weeks to Christmas and it was finally ready to take on its first passengers.

We are really happy with how it turned out and I think everyone was super impressed with the what we had created. It put smiles on faces so it did its job wonderfully, I hope you like it little one. Right, its a new year so its onwards and upwards, it's going to be a great year I'm super excited about what the future holds. Our whole family sends its love to you and mummy, take care and ill have more for you soon I promise.

X

Your Daddy

10.26

10.26pm December 2015, I first saw the light of a newborn Starr.

I send this light out to you, along with this prayer and mantra, where ever you and mummy may be. It will keep you safe and bring you nothing but love and happiness.

May you be filled with love and kindness,

May you be well,

May you be peaceful and at ease,

May you be happy.

X

Your Daddy

Merry Christmas & Happy BIrthday Ariya Starr

Happy Birthday my dear sweet Ariya Starr, as promised here is a present for you, daddy has worked really hard on this drawing for you and it was a joy and a delight for me to work on. you inspire me each and every day. So I have your best friend Tobias Plumppaw, Ready to take you on a magical Christmas adventure through a magical doorway, a Winters way! And yes that's you with him, Shining blue eyes, Flossy golden hair, and a flowing ruby cloak, this is everything I hope you will one day be, Ariya Starr is a superhero, I know you will bring happiness and joy to everyone you meet.

Merry Christmas to Ariya Starr, From Daddy & Tobias Plumppaw,

All my love on this, your special day, I miss you and mummy so very much take care

X

Your Daddy

Happy Birthday

Its 12.01am Happy 3rd Birthday, My beautiful, brilliant sweet little girl, i wish you all the love in the world on this, the most special of days, the day my little Starr was born. I love you Ariya.

With Love and Kindness

X

Your Daddy

Twas the Night Before Christmas, and the Eve of a Little Ladys Special day...

Hello my beautiful brilliant little lady, oh and for the first time this year, Merry Christmas!

I bet you're super excited about tomorrow, your nearly three years old so I imagine your bouncing off the walls and running around like a wild thing. make sure you get plenty of chocolate in you, its the only way to spend Christmas Eve. Now let's get down to business, daddy has a few tips for you to get the most out of your special day.

1. Wake up as early as you can! it's every child's duty to wake up at 5 am and open as many presents as you can, as fast as you can!
2. Cake for breakfast, the standard for little girls birthdays, if you don't feel sick by 12 your not doing it right!
3. Have fun, run fast, laugh hard and be kind!
4. Thank Mummy and those around you for there love, their good people and I love them for taking very good care of you.
5. Most important of all remember that no matter where you are in the world, no matter when or where, we all miss and love you, and there will always be presents under our tree for you.

My Bedside Table, You are the first ray of light i see each and everyday.

Now speaking of presents, some people let their children open a gift on Christmas Eve and seeing as its an extra special day for you in letting you have this gift early, I will have something else for you tomorrow don't you worry. Since I can't be with you to give you a gift I have made a donation to the Salvation Army on your behalf Ariya.

A Gift to Help Those Who Have Very Little, Hope at Christmas.

Your gift will go towards providing food and presents for a family in need, It's all I can do for you, and I'm proud to do it in your name, my little Ariya Starr. Right, that's it for today, ill be back tomorrow with more, I hope you can get to sleep tonight and keep a keen ear out for Santa's sleigh bells jingling in the night sky. Not long now till your special day.

X

Your Daddy

Spending Time With Your Grandad.

Hello Little one.

Been spending time with you gandad this week working on his christmas surprise and thought you might like to see what we have been upto. Its coming along nicely and its really nice to spend some time with my Dad. The closer we get to your special day the more surprises i will be sharing with you so keep watching this space. Take care Ariya we all send our love.

Grandad At Work.

I Hope It Stars Snowing.

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Your Daddy

A Christmas Project.

Hello, Little one.

Just thought I would share something me and your Grandad Paul have been working on, it's kind of a surprise for Christmas but I don't see any harm in sharing it with you. So as you well know daddy is a pretty talented artist and is really good at making and painting things. Your Grandad asked me to help him with a Christmas project, you see grandad loves model trains and he wanted to make a snowy Christmas model for all the family to enjoy. This is where I come in as he needed my help to build and paint up model houses' train stations and even a little pub for his display. you can see them below at various stages as I put them together. They're not finished yet, we need to put them on the display and make them all festive with fake snow and everything. I will be sure to take lots of Photos of the finished model for you to enjoy.

(Clockwise from top left) The first model built, Models based white, Edge highlights and fine details, Close up of the station being painted.

It’s been really fun building and painting these models, I may have to help grandad do some more in the future, and it’s a great excuse to spend more time with your Grandad. Your special day is getting closer little one, perhaps there will be a few more surprises on here before it arrives. Take care.

X

Your Daddy