pre-christmas week! carolling and crafting

giggle to being so far behind! here we are in a new year, so much has happened, and having to rewind a long way! so these are some of the things we have done…

we made, crafted, cooked presents
spicy nuts for brother in law, choc brazils for dad, chocolate for nephew [all by and from the girls] decorated plates, tiles etc, and all wrapped and ready

we had a festive wodensmeet with some crafting and carolling
we crafted and practiced ‘at base camp’ and then went to an elder care centre to sing and play carols there, which we enjoyed, and got the feeling that the people there also enjoyed. we have been invited back in the summer! Zoe at le ciel rouge has better pics, as she was wandering about with camera, whilst i was trying to honky tonk my way sight reading thro requests on the keyboard

on the way home we stopped off at the garden centre and had fun deciding which pots and what to put in them for the 2 nannys’ christmas presents . we then made them up at home.

we went to the fishes for christmas crafts
and spent a lovely day with a vast array of craft options. did love the pony beads and wire things, so much so that adding to my 12 days of christmas craft page. we never got to do the carolling, but did do a dinosaur french game! [today sb told me she prefered maths to french, because maths doesn't have changing verb endings ] also made some excellent marzipan fruit, had a go at ikea style fimo with melted pony beads. this doesnt work btw, because the pony beads need such a high temp to melt that the fimo starts to burn… but the idea was good

Other lovely things

I went out with close colleagues at work and we had a fab indian meal together . my weekend at work a nightmare of business, but reminded me that the job makes me humble and proud at the same time. should moan less about it! I had friday and monday off before christmas, so could play board games, craft, bake etc with my girls. this i think will all come in the next blog post, as i am tired and going to bed now