Happy (late) Chinese New Year!!!!

I'm so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so soo sooo soooo sooooo soooooooooooooo sorry for being so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so soo sooo soooo sooooo sooooooooooooo-

-ooooooooo late. Anyway, happy Chinese New Year!!!

As it is the year of the sheep/goat, the Dales and Nettelfields helped the pupils of St John's School make a fabulous Chinese Dragon. 

  There was a big parade with Emily Bramble leading the way.

I think all Sylvanian Fans should enjoy Chinese New Year especially because all of the Sylvanians are...

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!  

Elephant Emergency part 2

Previously we have seen: Elmer Trunk falling from the Lavender Tea Rooms...

 

...is this really the end of the elephant baby we all know and love!!!???? For the sake of Elmer Trunk, read on...

Savannah shrieked in terror as Elmer plummeted closer and closer towards the end of such a short life. However Rosemary Bouquet, who was coming out of Mr Appleblossom's bakery, did not waste any time in trying to prevent certain death. 

Sensing that she was going to do something, everybody moved back as "CCCRRRAAAAASSSHHHHHHHH"! Rosemary had rammed her self into the table, sending everything flying.

The parasol fell over but landed upside-down. Just in time, Elmer fell straight into upturned parasol, surprisingly, giggling!!!! 

Everyone crowded round to see him. Savannah rushed down, along with Wanda, to see if Elmer was ok. Luckily, he was.

Savannah ran over to Rosemary and hugged her. "Thank you soooooo much!!!!! How can I EVER repay you!!!!??????" "There's no need to repay me! I just did what any true friend would do!" said Rosemary, blushing a little. "How about the three of us can have tea together next time!?" asked Wanda. "Yes, certainly!!" 

Fortunately Rosemary's husband, Stilton Bouquet and his friend, Rocky Babblebrook where on paw. They fixed up the broken panel and made sure a similair accident wouldn't happen again.

A couple of hours later, after the trauma, Wanda sat down and had a rest.  "I'll never forget this day!" said Wanda.

 The elephants went back home and all the shops were being shut. Once everybody left the Main Street, everything was silent. Well, almost silent. Silent, apart from the HUGE SNORING NOISE. You may have wondered where the Sylvanian policeman, PC Bobby Roberts was while all the excitement was going on. Well, the answer is, because there is never any crime in Sylvania, PC Bobby Roberts spends all his time time eating cakes and sleeping. You see he is...um...er...(how should I put this?)... um... COMFORTABLY PLUMP. 

Elephant Emergency part 1

"Oh, beautiful afternoon, isn't it?!" said Wanda Waddlington, the mayor's wife. She and her friend Savannah Trunk had decided to have a nice afternoon tea in The Lavender Tea Rooms. They choose to meet each other at the main entrance to the John Lewis Department Store. Savannah had brought her baby boy, Elmer Trunk, with her. "Yes, the sun is really shining!" replied Savannah. 

They sat down and ordered their cakes. As a special treat, Savannah ordered Elmer a small chocolate ice cream. Then Mr Maces came with the food.

Elmer was so happy with his ice cream that the tried to wriggle out of the high-chair to give his mummy a hug. Unfortunately whilst wriggling he knocked over the ice cream.

"Oh dear, I'd better go and ask for another one. Could you please look after him for a moment, Wanda, I'll just be a moment!" cried Savannah.

Whilst Savannah was away, Elmer tried to follow her. He knocked over the table which sent everything crashing. Poor Wanda leant down to see if he was alright. 

Savannah heard the crash and rushed over. Whilst doing so she tripped over the step and skidded along the floor, banging into the table which pushed Elmer along until... BANG!!! 

The force of the table pushed Elmer into one of the panels of the bay window, causing the panel to swing outwards: with Elmer hanging on the end. "MUMMEEEE!"squealed little Elmer. 

Savannah reached out to save Elmer.... But she was to late. For something happened on this day. Something that would change the Trunk family forever. Just like a bar of soap into a bath, or a twig into a lake,       Elmer,      dropped......

     

Neptune family profile/review

Today I decided to open a new family, so I opened the Neptune sea otters. Did you know you can get a FREE Neptune Sea Otter family over at the great SSK Shop if you spend £60.00 or more although for a limited time so look at their Sylvanian Storekeepers website.

Let me tell you all about them...

Mother Narrisa 

Narrisa Neptune is a gardener. She is famous for her white roses and sunflowers. She also makes lovely jams and pies and sauces with all of the fruit and vegetables she grows. Her children's favourite is her crumbly apple pie.

Father Caspian

Caspian Neptune loves being by the sea. He tells his family stories about his adventures when he was a young sea otter. In the winter, because the sea is all frozen up, he has a part-time job in the country market selling herbs his wife grows for him.

Sister Shelly

Shelly Neptune is a very friendly sea otter who loves going shopping with her friends. At the annual school Christmas Fair she has a small stand selling fruit and flowers her mum grows and makes a lot of money for charity. She always tries to help her mum with the gardening once she has finished all of her school homework.

Little Sister Sandy

Sandy Neptune is a fun loving, active little girl. Everybody refers to her as 'one active otter', which she certainly is. She saves up her pocket money every week and at the end of each month spends it on whatever she wants. This month she choose a windmill toy.

Thanks for reading:)

A quick update

Wow, I'm so sorry I am not doing as many posts as I normally do. I am likely to be moving Hazelnut Hollow somewhere else in my house. We ( myself and another member of my family ) were thinking of having the village, instead of being on ground level, putting it on some kind of table. We were also thinking of having a cobblestone effect and some grass (obviously fake) as the surface of ground. I would also like to have more of a play area for the pupils of St John's School. Anyway, that's the plan, and here's a photo of The Country Clinic:)

The picnic

"What about here?"asked Victoria Truffle one sunny and surprisingly warm morning. The Truffle family were going for a picnic in Hazelnut Meadow. "Yes, this is the perfect spot to have our picnic!"said 

Eustace. 

They opened up the hamper and,  much to the babies' delight, it was filled with lots of yummy cakes and biscuits! The smell of chocolate wafted out of the hamper. 

They laid everything out on the blanket and tucked in. There was so much to choose from! 

Once everybody was quite full, they packed up and tried to squeeze everything into the hamper. 

Eustace had to sit on the hamper to get it shut! 

For a while they lay under the tree for some cool shade. 

"Do you want me to read you a story?"asked Victoria. "Yay!"squealed an excited but tired Charlie.

"Ok then,...." She was about to start reading the book but she realised that there was no need for her to. Eustace and Victoria laughed. The triplets were already fast asleep!

Surprise building review

Well, now it's time to unveil the surprise building:

Yep, you guessed it,- THE JOHN LEWIS DEPARTMENT STORE!!!  This set was exclusive to, obviously, John Lewis stores. I, have bought many of my Sylvanian families in the store nearest to me. It is very big and has a LOT of stickers ( which isn't a bad thing ). This is just the review of the set, I am planning another proper story about the set. The story is going to have two parts to it, part 1 ending with a cliffhanger. 

                  

As you can see on the back of the box, the top floor can be removed to create two separate buildings. The top floor is a café, apparently called 'THE PLACE TO EAT' I think I will give it another name like 'The Lavender Tea Rooms' or something like that.

One side of the café has lots of ice creams on display and where they make the food. On the other side, a nice curved bay window with lots of windows letting plenty of light in and excellent views over Hazelnut Hollow. The customers are loving their ice creams. Mr Maces the mouse even comes with the waiter outfit and a nice tray to carry drinks.

Moving down a level, you can see the lovely serving-window set-up with a juice counter. The bright juice really bring some colour to the building, especially from the outside.

On the inside, you can see Mrs Maces serving fresh juice to Sonny Barker the Labrador. The shelves behind Mrs Maces were a bit of a pain to set up, but are well worth the struggle. There is melon, orange and strawberry juice. Note that that the fruit in the blender does not actually come with the set, I just added them in.

On the other side, we have the actual 'department store' part itself. It is very colourful and has lots of interesting elements, such as this station where you can choose paper to wrap presents with.

Probably my favourite thing out of the whole entire set has to be this totally awesome mini Lakeside Lodge dollhouse. I just totally love the table and chairs, which are actually protruding from the wall behind them.

The back is a bit plain, but I suppose it would be in real life! I like it when they do miniature Sylvanian 

                                                                                            houses and things.                                                                                       

        

Here's a look at the other side. It has some nice adverts for products you can actually buy IN store!

Also included is an outdoor set of table and chairs with a parasol to keep the ice creams cool.

From the front the building looks fantastic. Now you can see the mini tea room beside the entrance and the glass window showing off a nice orange dress and some toys. 

There's even an 'open/closed' sign hanging on the door. Postman Sam is collecting mail from the box.

The final verdict

I think you should buy this set if you see it somewhere cheap on the internet. Unfortunately it has been discontinued but some stores still have a couple left in stock. What do you think?