well, boxing day was lots of continued fun with a houseful. we had chris’s parents both days as well, and it was lovely to have all the grandparents. the christmas presents got played with, the children were lovely [mostly!] we didn’t overeat or overdrink too much.
jax and family dropped in on the way back from their xmas, which is always good – see we aren’t in the middle of nowhere [or is it that some people are at the far edge?] chris’s parents went home, we had another relaxing evening – and luckilly didn’t have to eat the dreadful chocs of my mums [a bushtucker challenge box from m and s - i thought they did nice food??]
my niece in particular was devastated to leave the next day. down to mum and dad only. we played more christmas games, we did the national geographic ice mummy – which was very messy fun! Some painting [as BB desperate to use her FC paints] BB enjoyed her leappad, they both argued over the gears dizzy funland and the new electronic till for shopping games and the kid k’nex. we read LOADS of books. A protracted chill out with 3 episodes of first series of little house on the prairie, which we all loved ? though mum and I got a bit sentimental ? blame it on the baileys!!!
mum and me then spent a bit of time ebaying – there was a cull in our wedding crockery over christmas – and since it is a discontinued denby [which seems to now sell for a fortune!!] it is a pain to add bits. mum told me the tale of her wedding coffee set. nobody liked her choice of denby arabesque, so bought something different which she has never used! So for her birthday she now has a set of 6 coffee mugs, which I am eagerly awaiting.
so there it was – my 12 days of christmas, the first 7 being very craft and cooking and intense parenting [i loved it] the next 4 being wider family oriented and rebalancing for me, then one close kiddie day again. I might gradually add bits, as I have been doing the blgging with the great help of BB ? who has given up on sleeping! [its really the 29th but putting the posts roughly in right place!!]