Well we have survived it for another year..... Christmas.
We have all had so much fun over the last week. 
The night before Christmas Eve we went out to watch Father Christmas drive through the 
village on his sleigh. It was freezing cold, and snowing, but that didnt bother the children and they all had fun playing in the snow. The looks on the little ones faces when they saw Santa was well worth braving the cold!
village on his sleigh. It was freezing cold, and snowing, but that didnt bother the children and they all had fun playing in the snow. The looks on the little ones faces when they saw Santa was well worth braving the cold!
On Christmas Eve we all went out for lunch at a local Chinese Eat-all-you can type place.We dont all eat out very often. Mostly because for 8 people it is too costly,and also
because our 20 month old doesn't really cope well with sitting still LOL, but we all had a great 
time. It was really relaxed,the food was lovely and everyone had agood laugh and lots to eat!
time. It was really relaxed,the food was lovely and everyone had agood laugh and lots to eat!
When we got home the children had their Christmas Eve gift bags with new Christmas PJs, slippers, mugs for hot chocolate,and Christams story books.We then had a lovely afternoon snuggled up reading Christmas stories. Then it was time to leave out Santa's milk and mince pies and scatter reindeer food (kindly sent to us from The Mad House) and off to bed.The girls tried to get up from 1am onwards , and we finally gave in at 5.30 and all 6 kids piled onto our bed to open their stockings. Then downstairs for all the wonderful things Santa had left under the tree.A bit of persuasion to get them all dressed and ready and then out to Church.
The rest of the day was a happy muddle of eating and playing and bit of Christmas fizz!
Christmas was lovely, but it has still left me totally exhusted.The following 3 day visit to my parents was also quite a challenge....
....and now that things have calmed down a bit I am enjoying a little bit of peace and quiet!
We had a lovely time, but next year Iam going to tweak a few things, scale down a bit,and try to not become quite so worn out!
I am now looking forward to the start of a new year. New ideas, new ways to try some things,lots more happy family times to enjoy.
No comments:
Post a Comment