The alternative 12 days of Christmas
I didn’t know how I wanted to cover our Christmas on the blog. I kept making notes, and think they’d be separate blog posts, but then I realised that I’m never going to get round to writing 6 Christmas posts….
Christmas
Cars and fun at the British Motor Museum Gaydon
Visiting the British Motor Museum with a preschooler, for a trail and enjoying the car displays and play area.
Christmas traditions – dos and donts of Christmas gift wrapping
I love Christmas although we do tend to wait to put up decorations, mostly because the OH would rather it went up on Christmas Eve. But I do as much of my Christmas shopping as early as possible. I tend…
Project 365: photo a day week 51
It’s the penultimate week of Project 365, and I’m astounded I’ve pretty much made it (assuming I can remember to take a photo each day next week!). The only thing with taking all these photos (and I take – mostly…
Visiting Santa’s Enchanted Christmas Kingdom at Hatton Adventure world
Christmas events – review of Santa’s enchanted Kingdom at Hatton Adventure World.
Music Exploration with Children 9 – It’s Christmas
This month has unsurprisingly been all about the Christmas music, although there’s been a bit of CD swapping going on by N. He loves my old kitchen cd player, and he finds random cds in the kitchen drawer and plays…
Meeting Thomas the Tank Engine and Father Christmas at Didcot Railway Centre
Christmas at Didcot Railway Centre includes riding with Thomas the Tank Engine to see Father Christmas
A first nursery nativity play
Note to self, in future always arrive at school events 10 minutes beforehand rather than 2 minutes before. For N’s first nativity play at day nursery, I arrived to find I was the last parent by miles to arrive, and…
How to make beaded Christmas tree cones
I don’t do much crafting nowadays (I’ve not yet picked up again my half-finished crochet blanket that I put down back in March), but do love it when I get the chance. Of course I love pinterest, so I probably…
First time ice skating at Millets Farm
Chance to try ice skating for the first time at Frosts / Millets Farm at Christmas taking a preschooler
The shortest ever National Trust visit – Canons Ashby
Fleeting visit to Canons Ashby National Trust property last weekend. Hear what there is and what we saw.
