Where did Christmas go...?!
We travelled back home yesterday after spending Christmas
with the in-laws. We had a great time celebrating Christmas and Birthdays
but I admit to feeling an overwhelming sense of comfort being back in my own
home.
After Christmas has been and gone, I just want the tree down
as soon as possible in a bid to greet the New Year in on a clean slate. I get that hurriedly rushed feeling that
everything must be clean so we can relax and be at ease (...one of my annoying
quirks is not being able to relax in a messy room/house...so difficult now with a one year
old around! I don’t mind cleaning...but
sometimes it feels like a monumental chore, especially these days when my
little man makes things take twice as long...) We’ve stripped the house of it’s
Christmassyness this morning and made best attempts to clean the majority of
downstairs. We’ve been so lucky with
presents this year (so much so that we had to leave presents behind for them to
follow on at a later date!), so the challenge has been where to store all of
our new things.
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| 10 Smart Soldiers |
There have been so many lovely toys and gifts for my little
man’s 1st birthday and Christmas
- people have been so generous. My
little man’s top 5 toy highlights this year have been: 1) Pop up tent and
tunnel with 100 play balls – he has been crawling in/out of this non-stop (...and
so have I...), 2) Wooden soldier skittles, 3) Garage (with cars, lift and ramps
and all sorts of boy-like fun), 4) A box
of balloons (seriously an amazing present), 5) Rocking horse (but it’s a beautiful
cow..!).
I have been equally spoiled and I will share a few of my top
presents... My new crafting hobby has now enabled easier gift selection for my
Mummy Clause...
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| My first sewing box (and my gorgeous oil cloth) |
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| Treasure box. |
My stocking was filled with all sorts of sewing goodies such
as owl needle holder, pig pin cushion, little scissors, polka dot fabric
scissors etc so a treat to open them on Christmas morning. I had a gorgeous first sewing box to bestow
all of my goodies in, and a beautiful box full of ribbons. My sister ( aderyn du )has made me a gorgeous box of treasures
– stunning fat quarters in a variety of colours, she has gifted some of my favourite
fabrics from her own collection, cute buttons and ribbons...AND...iron on “mylittleman”
tags! Very cute! She also tucked in a
ball of yarn and crochet hook as I’m keen to learn the gobbledygook mayhem of
crochet! Lovely gifts that that will get
my creative side going...but most importantly they look amazing too!
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| My sisters present to me! |
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| Scrumptious Fat Quarters. |
Other top non-craft presents were a sage/cream spot oilcloth
from my man for my kitchen table, kitchen roman blinds made by my sister-in-law
(yet to be installed so picture will follow in due course), a picture of my
little man from a previous photo shoot.
I have been spoiled!
We have been given Christmas money to buy a new laptop, and
we have been gifted a shiny external hard drive, so soon I will know that my
pictures and important bits are safe, and will be able to blog from the new
laptop (also pretty in peacock blue!).
Crumbs...we have been spoiled...more than we could ever ask
or hope for. Thank you everyone!
It would be wrong of me not to mention the gross
relationship I have had with food over the past week...I have eaten all sorts
of yumminess from turkey dinner, home cooked sausage rolls, sprouts with
chorizo and chestnuts (you’ve always got to mention the sprouts...!), to puddings
galore in the shape of chocolate log, frangipane (...or Frangygranny...) tarts,
Christmas pud, mince pies.... Excessive
on all counts...but it felt so right at the time! Granny has also enlightened
my little man to his first experience of biscuits in bed....apparently it’s
what Grannies do....!
Another Christmas gone...now a few days with my men to
settle, contemplate and plan ready to see what 2013 has in store for us.
I hope you had a lovely Christmas...
Love from me and my little man x
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