This year we took the boys to see Santa at a local garden centre as a review from this blog, then James saw Santa at his school fair so he has already had two Santa experiences this year! Freddie will be getting his second experience next week when we go to a local shopping centre with his playgroup!
So far this year I have been pretty pleased with how the boys reacted to Santa. Last year both boys ended up in tears at the shopping centre and James then got spooked at the school fair and sent mummy and Freddie in his place!
When we went to the garden centre James was fantastic! He was very chatty with Santa and his elf and answered all their questions! At his school fair he actually managed to be number one in the queue as the grotto was in the school library which is at the bottom of the staircase from his classroom! Again he was fantastic and chatted away to Santa. As with last year it was the school deputy head playing Santa, which James found hilarious!
So over all Santa has been a big plus this year for James. As for Freddie, well at the garden centre at the last minute he got a little bit spooked and wouldn't go into the actual grotto but he did stand at the door and look at Santa, I'm hoping when we go next week with his playgroup he will be a bit better as a lot of his little friends will be there too!
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Blogmas Day Eleven
So welcome back to Elf update!The Elves have been creating so much mischief in out 1house since our last update! They even went to stay at Nana and Gaga's house for a night and boy were they naughty!
On Day Six we found the elves had been a bit naught over night and were trying their hand at pole dancing on our light oops!
On Day Seven we found them sat on our sofa with Freddie's Fingerling Hug Boris reading them a story!
On Day Eight we found they had been playing with James toy tractor and had taken it for a ride in the lounge!
On Day Nine well this has to have been the naughtiest by far from these two cheeky elves!We had been staying with Nana and Gaga and Rhul and Elfis got into their wine cooler and helped themselves to Nana's Prosecco!
On Day Ten after all their antics last night they decided to have a chilled out time and we found them curled up on the sofa with their heads on a cushion and a blanket over them!
Our next Elf update will be on 16th December! I wonder how naughty they will have been?
On Day Six we found the elves had been a bit naught over night and were trying their hand at pole dancing on our light oops!
On Day Eight we found they had been playing with James toy tractor and had taken it for a ride in the lounge!
On Day Nine well this has to have been the naughtiest by far from these two cheeky elves!We had been staying with Nana and Gaga and Rhul and Elfis got into their wine cooler and helped themselves to Nana's Prosecco!
Our next Elf update will be on 16th December! I wonder how naughty they will have been?
Monday, 10 December 2018
Living Arrows 2018 50/53
Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows hosted by Donna over at What The Redhead Said. If you are new to this then the name of the linky comes from the poem by Kahlil Gibran "You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"
So James had his school fair last week which he had a brilliant time at! The same day we had an electrician out to install some new sockets in our lounge and kitchen so nana and gaga came to keep mummy and Freddie company and then nana came with mummy to the school fair and to collect James while gaga stayed at home with Freddie and the electrician. James also got to go and see Santa at the fair. This year was so much better he chatted away to Santa I think it helped that he recognised his voice as his deputy head! Last year he refused to go in and sent mummy and Freddie in his place.
Freddie has had a brilliant week at playgroup! He is running in so happy, and normally when I pick him up they had to shout for him at least three times before he actually comes to the door! In fact a few times one of the staff has had to bring him to the door as he's too busy having fun! On Tuesday when mummy took him up he was such a little monkey running the whole way!
We finished the week by going to visit nana and gaga for the night as daddy had his works Christmas party and mummy didnt want to risk him waking up the boys when he came home in early hours of the morning!
So James had his school fair last week which he had a brilliant time at! The same day we had an electrician out to install some new sockets in our lounge and kitchen so nana and gaga came to keep mummy and Freddie company and then nana came with mummy to the school fair and to collect James while gaga stayed at home with Freddie and the electrician. James also got to go and see Santa at the fair. This year was so much better he chatted away to Santa I think it helped that he recognised his voice as his deputy head! Last year he refused to go in and sent mummy and Freddie in his place.
Freddie has had a brilliant week at playgroup! He is running in so happy, and normally when I pick him up they had to shout for him at least three times before he actually comes to the door! In fact a few times one of the staff has had to bring him to the door as he's too busy having fun! On Tuesday when mummy took him up he was such a little monkey running the whole way!
We finished the week by going to visit nana and gaga for the night as daddy had his works Christmas party and mummy didnt want to risk him waking up the boys when he came home in early hours of the morning!
Blogmas Day Ten
I did a post last year about strange things your kids had asked for for Christmas on the back of one Christmas when James was about two when he asked Santa very seriously for milk and yoghurt!
This year the post is all about things your kids call Christmas! For example Freddie is obsessed with calling crisps Christmas! He started it when we were in Majorca back in October, We had a tube of pringles in our hotel room and he kept yelling Christmas Christmas and pointing at them! Since we got home all crisps have become Christmas to him!
So I asked s couple of my fellow parent bloggers and these were the answers I got!
Emma from www.emmareed.net said "My son was born on Christmas Day so its not actually anybody elses Christmas according to him - he calls it my Christmas. He asks is it nearly my Christmas?" I found this so adorable!
Jessica from www.beautiesandthebibs.co.uk said "My daughter is 3 and calls it HoHo she can say Christmas but HoHo has stuck" That is so sweet. Freddie does know that Christmas is other things ie the tree and decorations but calling crisps Christmas has just stuck even when we try to correct him!
I hope by next year Freddie is calling not calling crisps Christmas as it is already getting very confusing in our house!!
This year the post is all about things your kids call Christmas! For example Freddie is obsessed with calling crisps Christmas! He started it when we were in Majorca back in October, We had a tube of pringles in our hotel room and he kept yelling Christmas Christmas and pointing at them! Since we got home all crisps have become Christmas to him!
So I asked s couple of my fellow parent bloggers and these were the answers I got!
Emma from www.emmareed.net said "My son was born on Christmas Day so its not actually anybody elses Christmas according to him - he calls it my Christmas. He asks is it nearly my Christmas?" I found this so adorable!
Jessica from www.beautiesandthebibs.co.uk said "My daughter is 3 and calls it HoHo she can say Christmas but HoHo has stuck" That is so sweet. Freddie does know that Christmas is other things ie the tree and decorations but calling crisps Christmas has just stuck even when we try to correct him!
I hope by next year Freddie is calling not calling crisps Christmas as it is already getting very confusing in our house!!
Sunday, 9 December 2018
Blogmas Day Nine
This Christmas is a bit different for us as it is the first Christmas that Freddie has been totally dairy and soya free. So buying traditional chocolate coins and selection boxes has been quite hard!
The first thing we have brought for Freddie is a Moo Free Advent Calendar.
Moo Free Chocolate is both Dairy and Soya free so this is perfect for Freddie so he is not left out when James has a chocolate calendar to open.
Moo Free chocolate is made in a factory that does NOT manufacture milk chocolate or any other milk, gluten or soya based products. For me this is fantastic as it means Freddie can enjoy chocolate treats over Christmas like James and he won't get a poorly tummy.
The next thing we have bought is also by Moo Free and it's a selection box. James always gets a chocolate selection box for christmas. So when I found a Moo Free one in our local Aldi I was thrilled that Freddie will not be left out this year!
We have also bought him some Moo Free mini chocolate Santas which you can also find in the selection box.
You can find Moo Free Chocolate in Asda, Holland and Barrett, Sainsburys, Waitrose and many other independent shops around the country!
Moo Free Chocolate is both Dairy and Soya free so this is perfect for Freddie so he is not left out when James has a chocolate calendar to open.
Moo Free chocolate is made in a factory that does NOT manufacture milk chocolate or any other milk, gluten or soya based products. For me this is fantastic as it means Freddie can enjoy chocolate treats over Christmas like James and he won't get a poorly tummy.
We have also bought him some Moo Free mini chocolate Santas which you can also find in the selection box.
You can find Moo Free Chocolate in Asda, Holland and Barrett, Sainsburys, Waitrose and many other independent shops around the country!
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Blogmas Day eight
Today's post is all about the end of term and what the boys have been up to at school and playgroup and also what is going to be happening in the last couple of weeks of term!
James has been very busy so far this December, He's had his school Christmas fair and preparations are well underway for the Key Stage One Nativity.
We have also the Project outcome presentation for parents on what the kids have learned this term. Mummy had a really good time at the project outcome as the kids sung a sea shanty which James has been singing for weeks in the house! In fact he has sung it so much that Freddie knows some of it!
When it was the fair day, mummy got to pick James up at half past one so he could enjoy the fair with me and get an early finish from school!!
Freddie again has been doing lots of crafty things at playgroup, The playgroup decorated a community tree at one of the local churches last week that sadly we couldn't go to as it clashed with James school fair and there is a planned visit to Santa in a couple of weeks. Mummy is not sure yet if we are going to go to that as Freddie wasn't too keen on santa when we went to see him a few weeks ago! And finally the last day of term is party day for playgroup where Freddie will be given a time to go in even though it is not one of his normal days! Its strange to think hes only got a couple more weeks of just two sessions a week before he goes 15 hours a week from 7th January!
What Christmas activities have your children been up to at school?
James has been very busy so far this December, He's had his school Christmas fair and preparations are well underway for the Key Stage One Nativity.
We have also the Project outcome presentation for parents on what the kids have learned this term. Mummy had a really good time at the project outcome as the kids sung a sea shanty which James has been singing for weeks in the house! In fact he has sung it so much that Freddie knows some of it!
When it was the fair day, mummy got to pick James up at half past one so he could enjoy the fair with me and get an early finish from school!!
Freddie again has been doing lots of crafty things at playgroup, The playgroup decorated a community tree at one of the local churches last week that sadly we couldn't go to as it clashed with James school fair and there is a planned visit to Santa in a couple of weeks. Mummy is not sure yet if we are going to go to that as Freddie wasn't too keen on santa when we went to see him a few weeks ago! And finally the last day of term is party day for playgroup where Freddie will be given a time to go in even though it is not one of his normal days! Its strange to think hes only got a couple more weeks of just two sessions a week before he goes 15 hours a week from 7th January!
What Christmas activities have your children been up to at school?
Friday, 7 December 2018
Blogmas Day Seven
Welcome back to Blogmas - a blog post every day in the run up to Christmas!
Today's post is a christmas gift guide for mums!
First up we have this gorgeous luxurious faux leather yellow and peach card holder by Alice Scott. This makes a super gift for young ladies and grown up girls (I’m including myself in this category) for Christmas. It features 2 card pockets and a middle slip ideal for receipts and cash.
This would be something that I would love to receive at Christmas as there are days when I am doing the school run with the boys and I don't want to take the changing bag with me, so I have to put my debit card or cash into my pocket. Then I have a bad habit of forgetting to put my card back into my main wallet! This can be found on Gifts for a Girl priced at £9.99
Next up we have this Handy Pocket Compact Mirror with Style. This is a stylish gift that will help you get prepared for the perfect selfie.
As it’s pocket sized, it means you’ll be able to carry it with you at all
times!
Again this would be something I would love to find in my Christmas stocking! There are times when you just need to have a mirror on you and then you find you dont have one! This would come in handy not just for mum but also for checking injuries on kids.James had a sore eye the other week and something like this would have helped me to check his eye a lot easier! You can find this on Gifts for a Girl priced at £5.00
For the mum who likes crafting we have this gorgeous
Three fun penguins felt kit, this box has everything you need to create a waddle (the collective noun for penguins on land) of penguins in a child’s bedroom or use as Christmas decorations. For children who are just beginners in sewing, this kit is ideal because it arrives with very clear instructions. A super gift for creative girls who love making beautiful things. I would love to try to make something like this but I think I would probably fail as I literally do not have the patients to sit and do crafting. This can be found on Gifts for a Girl priced at £14.40
Today's post is a christmas gift guide for mums!
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| Gifts for a Girl |
First up we have this gorgeous luxurious faux leather yellow and peach card holder by Alice Scott. This makes a super gift for young ladies and grown up girls (I’m including myself in this category) for Christmas. It features 2 card pockets and a middle slip ideal for receipts and cash.
This would be something that I would love to receive at Christmas as there are days when I am doing the school run with the boys and I don't want to take the changing bag with me, so I have to put my debit card or cash into my pocket. Then I have a bad habit of forgetting to put my card back into my main wallet! This can be found on Gifts for a Girl priced at £9.99
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| Gifts for a Girl |
Again this would be something I would love to find in my Christmas stocking! There are times when you just need to have a mirror on you and then you find you dont have one! This would come in handy not just for mum but also for checking injuries on kids.James had a sore eye the other week and something like this would have helped me to check his eye a lot easier! You can find this on Gifts for a Girl priced at £5.00
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| Gifts for a Girl |
Baby Penguins Felt Craft Kit. You can sew together a waddle of 3 cute penguins!
Three fun penguins felt kit, this box has everything you need to create a waddle (the collective noun for penguins on land) of penguins in a child’s bedroom or use as Christmas decorations. For children who are just beginners in sewing, this kit is ideal because it arrives with very clear instructions. A super gift for creative girls who love making beautiful things. I would love to try to make something like this but I think I would probably fail as I literally do not have the patients to sit and do crafting. This can be found on Gifts for a Girl priced at £14.40
Another gift I would love to unwrap this Christmas would be an Ada and Alfred Motherhoodie sweatshirt! I would love to have the storm grey version as I tend to wear mostly dark coloured hoodies as having two boys one being only three I tend to get covered in muck very easily!
This hoody has some fantastic features such as a kangaroo pouch pocket and hidden earphone cord feed! I know when I get to listen to music the cord from my headphones does tend to get in the way!
This is priced at £35.00 and is available from Ada and Alfred
So this is just a few things you could get the mum in your life this coming Christmas.
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