Monday
Been a bit late with the Christmas tree this year, with one thing and another. Had intended to have a family trip out to Bolton Abbey and get one from there – one of those places you can go and get your tree from the field, but to much happening last week, so it didn’t happen. Shame as Stringbean would have enjoyed it.
Anyway, I got a tree yesterday from a local DIY emporium. I did the manly bit of putting the tree and lights up, Helen and Stringbean did the girly bit and decorated the tree while me and Alys looked on. Stringbean actually did most of decorating with a little bit of guidance. It?s not quite up to the normal ?Tasteful? standards of Helen?s trees 
but then that?s a 3 year old for you – Stringbean is into lots of tinsel and sparkly shiny things. It?s looking good, we still have the angel we made last year from the Muddlepuddle list xmas craft kit so that went straight on top. Entertainingly, she also made and Elf and a Father Xmas – these are stuck on the end of branches (she didn?t want to hang them) sticking out at an angle. I put some dangly lights in her window which she loved – they have little blue stars on the end and are ?beautiful?.
Stringbean and me had quick glitterfest after dinner and made some more xmas cards for her friends at nursery. I made some stamps of a bell and tree out of potatoes, we dipped them in PVA glue, stamped the cards and the glittered away madly. One of the pleasures of having a young child is having an excuse to play with glitter etc. again :-). We?ve now made over 50 cards this year, not bad going.
I?m going to post this then maybe do Tuesday in bit. Helen has been feeding Alys for most of the time I?ve been writing this ? where does she put it all?