Playdates under giant portraits and sleepovers in rooms that are more than 300 years old are just some of the experiences enjoyed by two primary schools students since their mother became Lord Mayor of Dublin last year.
Hunter and Tilly Macken, who are aged 11 and nine, moved to the Mansion House last December after their mother Emma Blain was elected the 357th Lord Mayor of Dublin. She is only the 12th woman ever to hold the office.
A number of families have lived in the famous building on Dublin's Dawson Street and while its most recent residents have had to move back to their home in south Dublin while the family quarters are being renovated they got to spend a few weeks around Christmas there and continue to enjoy having access to such a historic building.
Tilly says she was a "overwhelmed" the first day they arrived in the Mansion House, while Hunter says the first rule they learned was "don't break anything".
Santa came to the Mansion house at Christmas and managed to find the correct chimney, (there are apparently a lot of chimneys in the Mansion House) and left Tilly a gymnastics bar and Hunter an XBox.
The family celebrated Christmas Day in the Mansion House's large decorated dining room.
When RTÉ's News2day visits, Tilly is making loom bands with her friend in the Lady Mayoresses room which is her favourite place in the house because of its light blue walls and calm feeling.
Hunter is playing Dobble with his friend in two of the 20 seats in the large dining room.
A school project on Ancient Egypt, a white board with a tribute to Olivia Rodrigo, a giant dog teddy bear and a bean bag are also now part of the Lord Mayor's office as her children played there during last week's mid-term break, while she represents the citizens of Dublin
"I'm think I'm doing what every other mother around the country is doing in trying to juggle half term and working. I think I'm particularly lucky because I have a nice big office here in the Mansion House and there's plenty of space for them to be playing while I have meetings that are very important but they would consider very boring," the mayor said.
The family look forward to designing their own crest, which will join that of the 356 families who have come before them on the walls of the Oak room when Emma Blain's term of office ends this summer.
Tilly says if she could change anything about the Mansion House it would be the paintings as they all feature male Lord Mayors while none of the former female Lord Mayors are represented on canvass there.
The next big event for Hunter and Tilly will be the St Patrick's Day parade when they get to ride in the Lord Mayor's Carriage through the city centre, a prospect they both admit they are nervous about because everybody will be watching them.
