Going back all the way to the Wednesday before Christmas, we had our Nursery Christmas lunch. I made short work of it and even tried a sprout (it was revolting though, Dad was relieved as he doesn’t want me eating them). I thought I’d enter the spirit of the season by over indulging and when we met mum for lunch afterwards I still managed a jumbo sausage roll from the pasty shop!
Thursday afternoon Dad and I did the Christmas food shop. Why can’t Santa deliver the food when he does the presents? It’d save us the bother. The supermarket was packed full of casual once a year shoppers clogging the place up (not regulars like me and Dad). We did okay though and managed to get out in one piece with enough supplies to keep us going until August. In the evening, we went food shopping again, but this time we took Mum with us to get a few ‘bits’ from Waitrose. Shopping with Mum along for the ride is a very different experience, we get to buy loads of sweets, cakes and ice-creams! You can come along any time Mum. I made a really high tower out of coleslaw cartons in one of the fridges that I think Dad was particularly proud of.
Friday afternoon we had a surprise outing with Emma, Max and Leo to fantasy land. I’m getting a lot more confident with it all now and left Dad to sit in the comfy chairs drinking coffee like a real grown up rather than forcing his bulk through the children sized holes, although I did manage to get him down the particularly tight and twisty blue slide without getting stuck half way.
On the Saturday we had visits from Slim and Trace, James and then in the afternoon Ian. In the evening we went round to Nick, Carol and Abi’s house to play pre-christmas games. The whole gang was there and I had a great evening, except when Cousin Owen decided it was high time I received my first ‘Wedgie’
Sunday was Christmas eve apparently and I got to open the last door on the advent calendar at long last. We had Grandma, Alan, Sonia, Grandad and Anne around for a pre-Christmas Christmas Day. We had food and presents….
Being the smallest, I get the biggest presents:
Later on Trish and Al came to see as well, I love Christmas, you get to see so many people and not get stuck with boring old mum and dad all the time!
Now the serious business began:
Before I went to bed, I left a Mince Pie on the table for Santa, and a Carrot for the reindeer……
Then it was Chrismas day! I woke up to find my stocking bulging at the seams at the end of my bed:
It even had chocolate coins in it! After I’d gone through the stocking we went downstairs, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The mince pie had gone (all but a few crumbs) and all that was left of the carrot was the end with a big bite mark! I was amazed, and just stood pointing at them with my hand over my mouth. Then I looked under the tree and saw even more presents. We got busy unwrapping them, although to my disappointment a few were actually for mum and dad.
After we’d opened everything and dad had assembled and fitted batteries to everything and I’d given them all a proper once over we went to pick up Grandma before going to Chris and Ian’s for lunch. The pressure was on, I had 14 to entertain! I had more presents, I ate my lunch, I crashed out with mum:
I had some more presents, I crashed out in one of them:
But not for long. It was quite a day……
Then it was boxing day, we all had a nice lay in before getting up and having a lovely day playing with all my new toys and going down the park for a bit of fresh air.
My new favourite saying is now ‘Jim-lad’
Wednesday and Mum had to go back to work, we met her at lunch time though and just for a change we went to the pasty shop….
Thursday Nanny came round for the afternoon to play with my new toys and stay for tea, Aunty Chris must have smelt the pudding and turned up just in time.
Friday, and Dad couldn’t stand the prospect of another day in the house with me so he got all brave and took me to the Coral Reef single handed. We had a good time splashing about and going on the slide time and time again. When we got home Andy came around to put a plug socket in for the dishwasher, I made sure I helped him do the job using my own tool kit at every step of the operation. I’m sure he’d like my help on a regular basis at work.
Saturday we went to try out mum’s new wellies at the woods:
It was ideal conditions to test them to the max with so many puddles to investigate and they seemed to be fit for purpose.
Then it was New Years eve, the last day of the year! We had a quiet day and in the afternoon mum suggested we make some cookies. Mum and I had a lovely time getting flour everywhere and making a right old mess, we even managed to make some Christmas shaped cookies (although we put them a bit close together on the baking sheet and they came out as one big splodge). In the evening we had Rach, Ben, Andy, Chard, Kaz and Owen over, but I had to go to bed and sleep over the noise from downstairs.
New Years day and dad was a little delicate but we went out to Millets farm to see the animals before going on to the Pendon museum. It had some really big model railways with massive bridges, I hope granddads set up is as impressive as this when he’s finished it.
That brings us to today, when I had to go back to nursery and dad had to go back to work…..booo! I cried my eyes out when mum left me and in my haste to get to dad when he came to pick me up, I fell over and bumped my head on a chair, resulting in tears again. Oh dear. When we got home Dad and I made an ice-cream shop for me using a big old cardboard box. He even got the paints out in the house and let me paint it, he is getting brave.
I’d really like to thank everyone for the fantastic presents I got this year, and to everyone who fed, watered, read me a story or cuddled me over the last few hectic weeks. Happy new year!
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