Christmas 2007

Well, they say time flies when you're having fun so I must have been having a really good time because I'm behind again....

So I will do my best to fill in the blanks.


Saturday 22nd December
Was the night of our Christmas party with our friends. We are creatures of habit so found ourselves at the South Lodge again but it's a good night with fine food and cheesy disco music so you can't really go wrong. The kids were sleeping over at Granny's and had been there since about 10am so Steve and I made the most of the day and I went to bed for about 3 hours!



It was really good night. I can always tell because I start to take what I can only assume I must think are arty shots with the camera on tilt!!










Christmas Eve
A big day was planned with Ally the kids and I going to Old MacDonalds Farm Park. As it turns out both Ben and Amy were sick during the night and Amy looked mighty unwell for most of the day so we just kicked about the house for most of it. We did manage to coax Amy out of the house to the Chris Ingle service at St Luke's which we all enjoyed.


Christmas Day
We were woken up nice and early as usual by Ben but Amy didn't stir until around 7am. When we went into the lounge the kids were thrilled to see that Santa had been and left two presents on the fireplace.

Father Christmas brought Ben a Bob the Builder armchair and Amy a High School Musical Sing Along game for the Wii.





We opened the rest of the presents under the tree and then Granny & Granddad popped in with some more presents.

They left and then my parents, Alison & the Nans arrived with even more presents. By this time Ben was a little bit overwhelmed but Amy was thrilled at all the lovely gifts she was receiving.



We had a lovely day singing to Amy's new game and Ben even built himself a stage to sing from. But I think the Nans got a bit tired towards the end of it!










Boxing Day
Well, most of what I have to say here is second hand because I came down with some kind of horrible lurgy and spent most of the day in bed or in the bathroom!

Brenda, John, Kirstie, Phil & the kids came over and by all accounts everyone had a lovely time. There were more presents and everyone had a dip in the hot tub towards the end of the day - which Kirstie had been looking forward to I know.




27th & 28th December
Steve and I had planned to do a spot of sale shopping but I was feeling rough on the 27th still and then Steve felt poorly on the 28th so we didn't really do much. We did manage to buy our new flooring for the lounge though so it that was good.


Saturday 29th December
So that brings us back up to date. Today we went to see High School Musical on Ice and took Amy's friends Lily with us. I swear those two girls did not move, speak or blink for over an hour - they were completely mesmerised.






Ben really enjoyed it too and joined in with the Wildcats dance as soon as it started playing.

We're going away with Paul & Gav, Evie & Morgan for New Years so hopefully I should have some more updates after then.

So Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all.

Santa Special

Last Saturday was fairly action packed....

We went on the Santa Special steam train at the Colne Valley Railway. It was really well done with Santa visiting the children on the train and giving them each a special gift. nothing good in the way of pictures I'm afraid - they just wouldn't keep still!

We went with all Amy's old nursery chums and it was really nice to see Amy & Lily playing together again. They both share a love of High School Musical and have already decided that a sleepover is in order in the New Year.

After the train we all went back to Daniel's house where the kids played together and the adults enjoyed some of the lovely food that Daniel's mum had prepared.

Then it was a quick dress change at home before Amy headed off to the Faces Christmas Party. It was a bit of a late night for her really and after such a busy day too I wasn't expecting her to make it through but when I went to collect her she didn't want to leave!

On Sunday we had Paula, Gav, Evie & Morgan over for a few hours playtime and then Bev & Gerry for next door popped in for a pre-christmas drink & a nibble or too.

It's getting close to Christmas now and Amy is very excited about it. Not sure Ben knows what's going on yet - maybe next year!

Postal Delays!!

No, not Royal Mail I mean me!! I have been reminded that it has been a little while sans post and I thought I'd better rectify the matter.

Last weekend I should really have posted about in full but it's a bit late now so here are the highlights - Amy had a sleepover at Auntie Kirstie's & Ben got to spend some quality time with Steve & I without having to listen to High School Musical on repeat!!!!

So what have we been up to this weekend....

Well, on Saturday we had Granny's pre-Christmas day when she gives the children lots of little Christmas oriented presents which would be largely superfluous after the 25th (like Xmas socks & Santa letter kits etc). It's become a tradition of sorts.

The kids had a great time and played together very nicely. We all slept over and then today we went to the newly refurbished Queen B for lunch. The food is pretty much as it has ever been but the surroundings have definitely changed for the better.

This afternoon we just stayed in doors, did a bit of cooking and played in the lounge. Amy wouldn't stay still enough for us to take her picture but Ben had some quite time to deal with some important paperwork!