So far the family fun has consisted of:
- a visit to THE best Grotto in the world, at BA Country Stores. It was decked out in a huge, moving winter wonderland and Santa's workshop, with bits of trucks being assembled travelling over our heads and on conveyor belts... oh wow. Then Father Christmas spent so long with us, and reeled Oliver nicely in with a haribo sweet. Brilliant!!
- a cinema trip to see 'Brave' (great!!) which only costed £2.70, AND the boys were very good throughout- followed by a trip to McDonalds!! We both hadn't been for sooo long and we bought Oliver his first Happy Meal...! The chips went down a storm.
- lots of Christmassy baking
- Ben being poorly so we all snuggled in bed to cheer him up
- we made a gingerbread ruin!!! (the 'roof' is made of strawberry laces... we ran out of icing sugar to stick the real roof on!)
- more Christmassy baking- this is Ben and Oliver making mince pies together. So lovely
- before bed on Christmas Eve, the boys acting out all the parts in the Nativity
- leaving out a home-made mince pie for Santa and a carrot for the Reindeer. Oliver didn't think S.C. would need a drink, instead he was adamant for us to leave the mince pie in the cup
- Christmas day lunch!
- My husband looking especially handsome in his new jumper
... and it's only Boxing day!! More excitement when Ben's brother and sister come to visit at the weekend, yippee!
Sounds delightful Abby! :) There was lots of excitement here as the Elves all got up to mischief each morning and then the final Christmas day Father Christmas letter! Ah so much jumping around and shouting from the children :D Wonderful! Christmas Dinner didn't include parsnips *sad times* and ALMOST didn't include gravy *Sacrilege*!!! The trifle turned out ok after my mother-in-law rescued the custard from me and my sister-in-law...hahah. All the children were happy with their presents so I declare it a success! :D We did a little nativity too, which was hilarious! Anthony came in too early declaring he was Mary...Little Levi climbed all over the Inn...Jared couldn't stop laughing...Alizee had a fairy wand when she was being the angel and kept pressing the buton to make it go "dliiiing" and Pips was just so cute as a wise man and gave his gift to me instead of the baby Jesus. Oh and Alizee had a balloon stuck up her top to pretend she was pregnant and she looked like she was carrying triplets! Hah! Hopefully we can get the video up soon. :) I just LOVE Christmas! :D xxxx
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