Advertorial post We’re just approaching the final bank holiday before the end of the year, and even though there’s still back to school and Halloween to come, some people are already well underway with their Christmas planning. In our family…
Today was our NCT group’s Christmas party for this year. Â We decided to do morning rather than afternoon as most of the toddlers sleep after lunch which means afternoons are a nightmare for timings of getting together. Â We decided to…
I knew last year wouldn’t be a good idea to take N to see Father Christmas, and I should have known better this year really. But as our local village nursery was doing a small festive fete, I thought a…
Day 3 of Advent saw us going for a trip to Milton Keynes to see the Christmas displays. Last year N was too small to really understand and wasn’t that fussed (plus it was really busy being on a Saturday),…
I think N’s getting into Christmas already even though he doesn’t know what it’s really about. I bought a fabric advent calendar in the sales last year (was going to make one, but this was easier and probably cheaper!), and…
I’m really excited about Secret Santa this year. I refuse to take part in the work ones, after my first job where everyone took the mick out of one present I was give n because it was wrapped in newspaper…
Today we had our trip up to London to meet up with a couple of school friends and visit the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. The weather wasn’t quite as wintry as would have been nice (clear blue skies would have…
Christmas is coming to our household (in mind if not in actual visual siting), and I’ve been trying to locate a nice traditional nativity set that N can grow up with.  When we were children, my mum had a lovely…
I’m trying to get N excited by Christmas. Â Obviously he has no idea what it is, what it’s about, but it’ll be good to have someone else in the house who likes Christmas and gets excited by it, in contrast…
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I was struggling to get agreement to put the christmas tree up…excuses given mainly revolved around “it’s dangerous with a nearly one year old”. Thankfully, after a lot of moaning and hints…
Well actually it’s Boxing Day, but it’s still the Christmas season. Christmas is a bit of a strange affair here because being on a farm, the animals still need feeding so first thing it was just N & myself, and…
