..And what have you done?
Another year over.
A new one just begun.
Our Christmas was quite mellow and relaxed, in spite of the melodramatic start to Boxing Day. (It’s not Christmas without some sort of drama but the histrionics certainly seem to have peaked.) Mum and Dad arrived on Christmas Eve while I was at work and [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
So this is Christmas..
Merry Christmas to all. And to all, a good night!
The Night Before Christmas- Corinne Malvern, 1949-1980’s Cover
Originally uploaded by try-whistling-this
I have this book, though the cover is ripped. We’ll read it again tonight, put gingerbread cookies and lemonade out for Santa, and then go to bed early for a full night’s sleep.
Have a happy christmas. :)
Fortus Erectus
Our elves (Matt and builder-friend, Tony) worked a hard day on Saturday putting up this great fort. They started at 11am and didn’t finish until 8pm. It needs to be oiled to protect it from the sun but I think it looks great. There was supposed to be some lovely turf underneath by now, but [...]
I’m dreaming of a…
…black & white Christmas.
The Christmas tree also has black and white decorations but with a young toddler and a new cat, the weighting of decorations is fairly top-heavy.
I’ve been baking gingerbread for gifts to pre-school teachers, people who have requested no gifts, and randoms that might turn up during our christmas/boxing day feasts.
(Next [...]
Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch…
..and blanky.
I can’t believe I left this at a lunch engagement last weekend. Thankfully, other parental units with a young blanky-attached baby found it, took it home, and will be returning to Matt at a function tonight. Always have a spare.
The spare wasn’t in the car however, so a very tired Lincoln just couldn’t get [...]
