Someone started eating with a spoon last week! Such a big boy!
A very happy Christmas to all!
Sunday, December 25, 2011
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Love, Adrian, Ann, Samuel & bump
Some Christmassy links:
My Christmas song on repeat is Holy, Holy, Holy
A favorite song this year is Hallelujah
Such an adorable version of the Christmas story
Merry Christmas! xx
I thought I would share some Christmas decorations from around our flat...
handmade Christmas decorations from Samuel (proud mommy!)
stockings made by my lovely mom
and an Advent calendar gifted to us this year from a friend.
Do I really have to take them down in January?!
This year I had fun making my own DIY Advent calendar.
I found a box of cards, stamped on the numbers, wrote a verse on each card that we found here, and then Adrian and I alternated writing something Christmasy and fun for each day. Easy peasy!
It has been so fun to open each day! Some of my favorite advent to do's have been to go ice skating, take a bubble bath, and to drink hot chocolate under the Christmas tree lights. Sigh... I love Christmas!
There are so many fantastic ice skating rinks in London and it has become a tradition for Adrian and I to go skating each year. This year I surprised him by booking tickets to the rink at the Tower of London!
We had such a good time and the atmosphere was fantastic. The only downside was that they let on SO many people during our time slot. It ended up being okay, though and we had just the right amount of room to skate and show off our moves:).
There were so many people who were falling all around us and whenever someone fell the crowd reacted with an oooh or awww. There was one particular guy who had never skated before and was literally trying to run on the ice. It was hard not to laugh as he fell in the most spectacular ways always with a big smile on his face. Adrian tried to teach him to skate but to no avail. I probably sound like an awful person but I laughed so hard at some of his skating moves and falls - it was just so funny to watch!
We weren't sure whether to go for a big tree this year as we worried Samuel would try to pull it over. In the end we threw caution to the wind and went for it and so far so good! I think the only thing to be concerned about at the moment is what may get lost in the tree because as I am writing this he has deposited the tv remote in the tree. Hopefully none of our phones becomes a tree decoration a la Samuel!It is so fun that he can start to enjoy this time of year and that we can start to make family traditions together. Already there has been tree decorating, cocoa and popcorn consuming, book reading, cuddling under the lights, and movie watching. One of my favorite new traditons is opening the advent calendar each morning. I made our advent calendar this year and am loving it! I'll post a picture of it soon!
As we don't have a car, getting the Christmas tree is always an adventure. This year we decided to take the overground train one stop to Homebase and then bring the tree back on the train:)
Off to get the tree
Tree by train!
p.s. Oh and as it is the holidays the red lipstick is back out (and the red nail polish too)!
We had such a fun, delicious, and cosy thanksgiving as our flat was literally packed to capacity with food and friends! There were 10 adults and 3 kiddos. The menu included roast chicken, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, roast parsnips, red cabbage, mashed potato, sweet potato casserole (with marshmallows!), succotash, cornbread and pumpkin pie. It was soooo good!
And then after lots of eating we reclined on the couch and chairs and watched Elf... that has been a tradition for the past few years and it just finishes off the day perfectly!
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