Petits Haricots

Mum, Dad and Little Nanny left on friday, leaving us all feeling rather flat. still knackered! I had a particularly poor day as BB had been a nightmare all night, so i had left chris to sleep in the bedroom, and kept BB company.

We did still manage to do some of the xmas crafts – painting the farm plaster animals and making the farmer and wife with BB, bith using their crayons and paints and playdough from a craft set. SB did lots of legoing, and reading of Xmas books. She got 3 Katie and the... books, and also read through all the anholt art books too.

We got Nanny McPhee as a christmas present for the girls. BB wildly ignoring it, though enjoying the colours, and chatting away as we did katamino – a def present hit! Sb seemed totally lost by the plot. we will have to watch it again. I rather enjoyed it. Would love to have their house and decor!

SB has admitted that the thing she REALLY wanted for Xmas was inline skates. they had been one of the many things mentioned, but not in a big way, and she is very happy with all her presents. For her birthday we are getting her a bike, but she wanted to see if other rellies would share the purchase of inline skates as they seem to be fairly expensive. We have had the discussion on where exactly would she use them…
SO… Have any of you got inline skates, or know of anyone that has that has an opinion on them?

I was looking at this shop and thinking perhaps the bronx adjustable ones looked comfortableish and adjustable etc etc? hmm, these comet ones perhaps also OK?
Any advice greatfully received

you know, it is jan 3rd, and I am about to backdate this christmas post. we read the guardian, and there was an excellent article in there by a chap, who pointed out that for his family, christmas was the family, the talking over games and the being there. i agree wholeheartedly. whatever the little niggles, I wouldn’t have wanted anyone not to have been there.

we played loads of games – mum found tellme which we used to play at little nanny’s as children [though then it was metal not plastic!] pass the bomb, taste testing, SB’s jumnior monopoly and BB’s shopping trolley. jigsaws, reading to children and general being there with the people we love.

Yep, for chris and I it was hard work, with th main helpers of mine and his mum out of action. And we would hav liked to see more of our children, and we would have prefered full health in all of our guests for xmas and the new year. And doing crafts on boxing day whilst making a roast dinner did stretch my multitasking!
but… It was great, just look at our flickr photos and you will see!! I love my family, so I love christmas

don’t forget!!

sister and family, little nanny ad for a brief while my cousin and wife. so v lovely. i am going to work toorrow and determned to return with xmas spirit!

the lasagne were delicious, the salads and artichoke filo also. room looks lovely. and breathe!

Happy Xmas everyone

We did a very good job of cleaning the front room, and put a smidgeon of floor polish on. SB helpful and delightful.

We decorated beer glasses for FIL

my parents arrived, put down new rug in front room, and ran after daughters screeching chase me, and MIL has a colles fracture. So off to A and E. she is still in a fair amount of pain, thinks things swelling up loads and now painful again. I’m trying to work out if she means painful enough to go back to a and e, but she has gone off to bed.

I feel truly dreadful and totally lost Xmas spirit