Almost Christmas

Christmas is almost upon us, the presents are wrapped, festive eats are in the cupboard and the girls are full of excitement and anticipation! That just leaves me with the house to clean, the turkey to cook, the table to set... and of course leave Santa and Rudolph their Christmas treats.
As it is the festive season, I decided to update my blog banner - hope you like it?
Now I know that this is probably not the best time of year to think about re-introducing my youngest to the potty, but at the beginning of the week we did and so far it has been pretty successful; the delight on her face when she succeeds and the "Hip, hip hooray" that we are all have to cheer makes for quite a comical scene!

While I was taking Lauren to school a couple of weeks ago I happened to glance out of the window and was struck by the sheer beauty of the sky I saw before me. A magnificent colour of red and orange, now I know what they say about a red sky in the morning, but for me this was a reminder of all things bright and beautiful. For those of you who missed it:



This Christmas will be a special one as Jen & Ben arrived home at the week-end. The girls have loved spending time with them already and to be honest, it is as if she has never been away. I can't help but feel a little bit of sadness as our family is re-united as this will be the first Christmas without my Papa, but I know that he would not want us to feel like this and so we will concentrate on enjoying this opportunity to get together.

Just last week, Roy surprised me by telling me that he had changed my car. What is unusual about this? 1. He never does anything on impulse and 2. he would never dare to change my car without consulting me first. I can't complain though as I have now left the days of driving a bus behind and am now seeing the world from a different level driving a 1 series BMW. It is fab to drive but Amy is most confused and is adamant that it "is not Mummy's tar, is Daddy's tar."



And now, I must go and work some magic on this rather untidy house. I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year. Hope Santa is good!