Monday, 27 December 2010
Playing with the musical Christmas toys
Kezia & Bekah were fascinated by all Grandad's musical Christmas toys.
Joe & Caroline with the 'sisters' book
Sarah has spent the last couple of months working on a wonderful book all about memories of she, Joe & Caroline being sisters. She gave it to them as a Christmas present. It is brilliant.
Time to open some presents
We had a lovely Christmas Day round at the Peacocks. The kids really enjoyed playing together and they all loved their presents.
The evidence
We left a snack and a drink out for Father Christmas and his reindeer on Christmas Eve. When we came down on Christmas Day, we knew that they had been. Father Christmas had had his beer & mince pie and the reindeer had shared the carrot.
Doing the fairy sticker book on Christmas Eve
At 6.30 on Christmas Eve, Kezia jumped into bed, ready to settle down to sleep. Mummy pointed out that it wasn't quite bedtime, so they did the fairy sticker book for half an hour before sleep time. Kezia settled down without a peep, and slept in until 7.30 on Christmas morning!
Sunday, 19 December 2010
The snow is back
At the end of November when the rest of the country was covered, Reading barely had a flake of snow. Not any more! This was the view that greeted us outside our front door on Saturday morning!
Under the weather
Kezia is not very well today. She was quite perky at breakfast time, but by 10 o'clock she wasn't very well and just wanted to curl up and have a snooze. She is dosed up on Calpol, so with any luck she will be as right as rain very soon.
Monday, 13 December 2010
Putting up the Christmas tree and the decorations
We had an ace time yesterday doing the tree and decorations. Kezia has chosen such a good tree - we are really pleased with it - it is the best tree we have had in years. Kezia is already beside herself with excitement about Christmas - we're only up to December 13th - goodness knows what she will be like on Christmas Eve.
Saturday, 11 December 2010
The great Christmas tree adventure
Today we went to the local garden centre to buy our Christmas tree. Kezia is at an in-between stage at the moment where she doesn't want to go in the buggy very much, but she doesn't want to walk all the way either. Because of the distances we walk, we need to find an alternative solution - so today we gave it a go with her scooter. She did really well and scooted plenty of the way (we took the buggy as a back-up, it was also handy for putting the tree in while she was on the scooter). She was very particular about the tree we should get! Pics of the tree when it's decorated to follow.
Making a TV
For some reason, Kezia suddenly announced today that she wanted to make a TV "with glitter and glue". This is the result of her efforts. She used her coloured glitter sticks, they're like pritt sticks with glitter in them. She is really pleased with it - particularly the buttons on the top. Apparently, the one on the left turns the TV on and the one on the right turns it off.
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
New coat, silly hat
Kezia has a super cosy new coat for winter; warm AND waterproof! Mummy has a hat that falls over her eyes - not sure which mischief was responsible for that!
Fun with Katie at the Christmas Lights switch-on
On Saturday, we went up to Woodley to see the Christmas lights being switched-on. There was free gluhwein and mince pies, and we sang carols. We bumped into the Creeches, so the girls were pleased to get a chance to run around together.
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Winter is here
The temperature has dropped like a stone the last few days (though no snow yet), and our local lake is frozen. Luckily when we went out today I could make use of my new 'Djurgarden FC' woolly hat from my friend Erik in Sweden.
Kezia is 3!
Last Monday was Kezia's 3rd birthday. How time flies! The 3 of us had a wonderful day out in London - it was brilliant!
Let's pull silly faces
Kezia & Daddy, reflected in a curved mirror on the wall of the waiting room at Reading station.
At 'Giraffe'
We went for a birthday lunch at 'Giraffe' in Spitalfields. It was warm, cosy and friendly - just the place to get in out of the cold.
Baby needs a change
While we were at the restaurant, Kezia decided her baby needed a change of clothes. Good job that she had got these wonderful dolly's clothes from Gran for her birthday.
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