We were over to Chris and Julie’s today for our Christmas get together with them. We only buy for the children and I’d planned to make rugs for their three but only got as far as making one for Jack before getting caught up in other crafty projects. I didn’t want to give something home …
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All about the boxing, with additional brackets
Last year we went to the beach on Boxing Day and it was lovely, so this year I wanted to do the same again. One of Davies’ presents yesterday was a bike. Which sounds huge and I guess would have been if it had been something he particularly wanted and something we’d paid a lot …
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Children playing, having fun
Davies tried to start Christmas at 210am when he wandered into our bedroom clutching his pillowcase saying ‘It’s Christmas – look!’ I started to sit up and get ready to be festive but glanced at the clock and realised what the time was and told him it was technically Christmas but still way too early …
So here it is, Merry Christmas…
I worked this morning. Not that it felt much like work, dressing up in sparkly clothes, donning a pair of antlers with bells on (that kept frekaing me out actually and making me think there was someone behind me!) and eating Terry’s chocolate orange segments for four hours! I was with Wendy (who is important …
Christmas Eve Eve
Davies and Scarlett had a puzzle-fest this morning. Davies got out one of the British Isles and did it in about ten minutes and not to be outdone Scarlett went and got one of animals around the world and did a fair amount of that too. They then sat and chatted about the British Isles …
which brings us nicely to….
today. Which was supposed to be a seeing Tasha and Toby day. But Tasha text me to say she was feeling rough and needed to cancel. This was no bad thing really as we were all pretty tired and I’d wondered whether it would have been particularly harmonious between the kids today anyway. I also …
Feeling festive
Yesterday we had our annual drive around West Sussex the weekend before Christmas delivering cards to friends who really live too close to just stick them in the post. I am of the shove it quietly through the letterbox and run style delivery, Ady is of the knock on the door and chat politely and …
Peace and goodwill to all men
apart from those in Sainsburys 😆 A fairly lazy start to the day, actually I’ve had a fairly lazy day all round really. I’ve done some looking up recipes online and writing them in my recipe book. I had intentions to actually do some baking but was lacking too many ingredients to do it. I …
Obese Geese
Work all day day for me today. In the morning I spent ages faffing around making nursery rhymes festive and then photocopying them so we could have Christmas themed baby rhyme time. We managed it with a combination of Christmas songs (Little Donkey, Away in a manger, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and the like) …
Gremlins!
We seem to have gremlins in our house today. Not of the variety that Leo blogs about but the sort that make mischief. While we were out the freezer compartment in the fridge freezer in the kitchen defrosted which meant I stood in a puddle when I got home, had to clear out the fridge …
It’s beginnning to feel a lot like Christmas…
Ady took Davies and Scarlett over to Liza’s this morning – this helps not only with timing as his start time is more flexible than mine but also with petrol. It also means I get a half an hour with no one in the house but me which is always nice :). I worked this …
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Culture innit
I overslept this morning – although I must have needed it, I’ve been building up a sleep deficit and I feel loads better for it today. Ady and the kids both had this nasty virus that’s been doing the rounds but I felt generally crap for a few days without actually seeming to properly go …
Camps 2009
While we were at Helmsley we talked about camps for next year. I was thinking about one in March and one in December. Helmsley seems to suit most people for a Christmas camp although we could consider others if people wanted – I do like the idea that even if we are unlikely to be …
Mondaying
The day started with the usual – letting out the chickens, hanging out some washing and putting another load on, encouraging children to get dressed, that sort of thing. We left home at about 10ish and did a huge anticlockwise circle – first to someone’s house to collect a bag of girl’s clothes they’d advertised …
And Sunday!
Dad came round first thing (I say first thing, it was probably getting on for 9am :oops:) and he and Ady went off to get some logs. There has been a sharp rise in the wood burning round these parts and logs are suddenly neither as cheap nor readily available as they have previously been. …
Saturday
I worked in the morning. It was a really horrible day, freezing cold, blowing a gale and pouring with rain so I didn’t feel I was missing out on much by being tucked away in the library. I had my teabreak with the two teenage Saturday assistants which was amusing. They humoured me by talking …
Keeper for the Day
A few months ago Scarlett and I started researching various zoo experiences for her birthday present this year. She has always been really into animals, loves all her soft toys, is very good at caring for pets and watches animal programmes on TV at every opportunity. She has several DS games to do with animals …
Running to catch up again…
Thursday, yesterday (although I suspect by the time I hit publish it will have been the day before yesterday) was my back to work day. With the best part of a week between my shifts anyway having a week’s leave in the middle means I’ve practically forgotten I have a job by the time I …
Questions from Davies…
Yesterday as we walked through Brighton train station Davies said to me ‘Mummy there are two questions I really wish I had the answers to.’ ‘The first is does God exist and the second is why is the sky blue?’ I explained that there was a known and scientific reason for the sky being blue …
Bigger Bang and Badgers
Today was our trip to Brighton Dome to see The Bigger Bang science show.I’d stumbled upon it when trying to book tickets for something else through the Dome website and having heard local HEors rave about Big Bang science shows before I thought I’d book for that too. It only costs £4.50 for the train …