Tuesday 23rd
Christmas was well and truly under way, what with no school and Mum at home with us for a couple of days before the main event.
I helped get things ready by helping cleaning and tidying up.
I wasn't quite so helpful it has to be said.
Once Dad was home we headed for the shop to get some contraband for a cinema visit.
Yeah, we went into our new(ish) local CoOp as well by way of a change.
We were going to see Paddington. The trailers looked brilliant and we were almost as excited to see it as Mum and Dad were, apparently it was on telly when they were kids all those years ago?
We had our usual seats, last row, aisle in front even though Dad initially booked the tickets for the wrong day!
The film was great fun.
And Paddington was seriously cute, if you haven't seen it you really should!
Wednesday 24th
Christmas eve and Mum was off again.
So we got to help her make our christmas day pudding, Delia's flourless chocolate Roulade.
The recipe was quite straight forward and i'm quite sure it clearly stated to try and cover the entire kitchen in cocoa powder.
So it was just as well Dad's work finished unusually early for a christmas eve so he could get the full benefit of our efforts.
And to disapprove of the sheer volume of utensils and bowls we'd got through.
We were glad to see him so soon though, it was a great surprise.
We had lunch and then went off to the pub to meet up with the gang.
Or what was left of them what with everybody feeling poorly with various colds and what have you.
Or what was left of them what with everybody feeling poorly with various colds and what have you.
Yeah, even I was on the ropey side.
There was still a reasonable turnout though and it was good fun.
Yeah, we had a kick about and wound Alan up.
We had a plan to go for Pizza Express but quite honestly I didn't feel up to it.
So we settled on getting a takeaway pizza from the Hut while Mum and Dad had a chinese. It was quite a novelty getting a takeaway pizza.
We had a visit from Den and Gail which was lovely.
Then we set about the Christmas Eve tasks, Santa's buffet:
And the sign out on the lawn.
We went to bed reasonably early and were soon asleep.
Yeah, no late night excitement driven anxiety for us this year.
Well, not much anyway, in fact, that was down to me feeling poorly rather than anything else.
Yeah, we had a kick about and wound Alan up.
We had a plan to go for Pizza Express but quite honestly I didn't feel up to it.
So we settled on getting a takeaway pizza from the Hut while Mum and Dad had a chinese. It was quite a novelty getting a takeaway pizza.
We had a visit from Den and Gail which was lovely.
Then we set about the Christmas Eve tasks, Santa's buffet:
We went to bed reasonably early and were soon asleep.
Yeah, no late night excitement driven anxiety for us this year.
Well, not much anyway, in fact, that was down to me feeling poorly rather than anything else.
Thursday 25th
So the big day was finally here.
It was, and for once it was me who was up first and keen to get things underway, well, it was nearly 8:30!
But she had to wait for me to haul myself out of bed, which is most unlike me.
I did unwrap a few things from my stocking before Ned eventually caught up.
It was, and for once it was me who was up first and keen to get things underway, well, it was nearly 8:30!
But she had to wait for me to haul myself out of bed, which is most unlike me.
I did unwrap a few things from my stocking before Ned eventually caught up.
The stockings were excellent this year it has to be said.
A quick downsatairs check was carried out to make sure it was worth our while venturing down.
Of course it was:
Yeah, I was sorting everyting out.
After hoping for years and years I finally got my Lego castle:
Just a glorified roast really, but with rubbish turkey instrad of a decent meat.
There were pigs in blankets though I suppose:
And I didn't eat any sprouts at all, despite my efforts peeling them.So once that was over and done with it was wave two of present unwrapping and then time to sit and digest what we'd got.
And lose a Skylanders figure. Thus triggering off a search of two rubbish sacks full of wrapping paper which was okay, and one full of far more unpleasant kitchen type waste. The Skylander was not found....but at least we knew we hadn't thrown him out.
Next up, time to visit Auntie Christines. We were dead excited about this, we'd get to see Darcey!
And Owen, Kirsty, Laura, Ian, Trish, Slim and Tracey...epic!
Next up, time to visit Auntie Christines. We were dead excited about this, we'd get to see Darcey!
And Owen, Kirsty, Laura, Ian, Trish, Slim and Tracey...epic!
But aside from all the presents which were of course brilliant, the best bit was getting to see everyone.
And Auntie Christines crazy present swapping game which she absoloutley did make up the rules for as she went along. It was brilliant, I was so pleased that I ended up with a fold flat packing crate.
Dad wasn't quite so happy with his very tasteful necklace.
Friday 26th
Boxing day was a nice quiet affair, a decent lay in and then time to further investigate our gifts.
I loved doing a bit of scratch art:
I loved doing a bit of scratch art:
We watched The Boy in the Dress in the evening on telly.
We had already had the book and loved that.
Then we tried to play some board games, Hotel Tycoon ended up in a bit an argument though....woops.
Saturday 27th
Mum was back to work today which was rubbish.
But usual for this time of year.
We did ride into town for lunch to meet up with her though.
It was nice to get some fresh air and get the old legs going again.
Once she was home and we'd had tea it was time to tackle the I'm a celebrity get me out of here Iceland board game that Mum had bought and put in the freezer a while ago.
We'd been going on about doing it for ages.
There were the treats, Chocolate Brownies and Marsh Mallows.
And there were the not so treats....wriggly worms, witchety grubs and vomit balls (crab stick types things, cold garlic flavoured pasta and sour profiteroles) along with various grim dips.
I had an early run of bad luck and had to eat plenty of the grim stuff, which Dad found hilarious. Especially when I ran off to the kitchen bin, wretching and heaving to spit it out.
I did really well, quite honestly i'd had enuogh of the brownies and the marsh mallows.
But usual for this time of year.
We did ride into town for lunch to meet up with her though.
It was nice to get some fresh air and get the old legs going again.
Once she was home and we'd had tea it was time to tackle the I'm a celebrity get me out of here Iceland board game that Mum had bought and put in the freezer a while ago.
We'd been going on about doing it for ages.
There were the treats, Chocolate Brownies and Marsh Mallows.
And there were the not so treats....wriggly worms, witchety grubs and vomit balls (crab stick types things, cold garlic flavoured pasta and sour profiteroles) along with various grim dips.
I had an early run of bad luck and had to eat plenty of the grim stuff, which Dad found hilarious. Especially when I ran off to the kitchen bin, wretching and heaving to spit it out.
I did really well, quite honestly i'd had enuogh of the brownies and the marsh mallows.
Mum didn't exactly enjoy it much either.......
We tried another game of Hotel Tycoon, which ended in another strop.
Sunday 28th
We went to Alans for lunch, another christmas dinner.
But poor old Alan and Hayley were struggling with winter colds and what have you and they looked pretty poorly.
At least we didn't get the blame for infecting them this time though.
We also had more presents!
We didn't stay too late and went home for a third try of Hotel Tycoon, which again ended in ill feeling. I should point out that it's not the games fault, it's really good.
It was due to our fragile state of mind....and lack of sleep?
But poor old Alan and Hayley were struggling with winter colds and what have you and they looked pretty poorly.
At least we didn't get the blame for infecting them this time though.
We also had more presents!
We didn't stay too late and went home for a third try of Hotel Tycoon, which again ended in ill feeling. I should point out that it's not the games fault, it's really good.
It was due to our fragile state of mind....and lack of sleep?
Monday 29th
Owen had aquired tickets to the races that he couldn't use and very kindly gave them to us.
We tried to round up a group and manged to get Andy, Ben, Rach, Kimi and Marny on board.
It was a lovely sunny day, made all the better by having our frineds there, winning lots of money......
....and best of all my new flask for Rhos that Dad had decided to test for me by filling with hot chocolate as well as bringing a packet of chocolate digestives.
They went down a treat.
We tried to round up a group and manged to get Andy, Ben, Rach, Kimi and Marny on board.
It was a lovely sunny day, made all the better by having our frineds there, winning lots of money......
....and best of all my new flask for Rhos that Dad had decided to test for me by filling with hot chocolate as well as bringing a packet of chocolate digestives.
They went down a treat.
Tuesday 30th
Hmmm, the less said about today the better I think.
Yeah, our endless squabbling finally took it's toll on Dad today. He wasn't happy.
We met Mum for lunch which offerd him some brief respite.
Yeah, our endless squabbling finally took it's toll on Dad today. He wasn't happy.
We met Mum for lunch which offerd him some brief respite.
Wednesday 31st
The last day of the year!
We were Determined to go out on a good note after yesterdays disappointment.
We had a lazy start to the day and then in the afternoon went ice skating.
Yeah, Andy came out of his self imposed retirement.
And kimi and Marny came along too for their first go. I'm pleased to announce that everyone walked out again afterwards under their own steam, with fully functioning limbs, so I think you can call it a sucess!
Yeah, we all did very well. We even had a quick go round once the ice scaping machine had been out to give the rink a polish....it was sooooo smooth!
The last day of the year!
We were Determined to go out on a good note after yesterdays disappointment.
We had a lazy start to the day and then in the afternoon went ice skating.
Yeah, Andy came out of his self imposed retirement.
And kimi and Marny came along too for their first go. I'm pleased to announce that everyone walked out again afterwards under their own steam, with fully functioning limbs, so I think you can call it a sucess!
Yeah, we all did very well. We even had a quick go round once the ice scaping machine had been out to give the rink a polish....it was sooooo smooth!
Being as it was the last day of the year we had a gathering to go to.
Round to Abi and Fayes with Kimi and Marny too.
The grown ups had a lavish lunch and us kids charged about the house like a heard of rhino's or something.
The grown ups had a lavish lunch and us kids charged about the house like a heard of rhino's or something.
We got to stay up until past midnight which is always cool
Thursday
Massive lay in today to really bring 2015 in.
Yeah, well needed too.
Alan came round in the afternoon and we tried out mums new game 7 wonders. It was brilliant, i'm hooked and the post game analysis went on for quite some time.
Friday
We started today with a dose of real class.
Yeah, didn't we just....McDonalds breakfast drive thru.
With us two still in our dressing gowns wrapped up in the back of the car.
Next up was a trip to the oasis in Swindon, we hadn't been swimming for ages.
It was pretty quiet so we got to have loads of goes on the slides and stay in long enough for two lots of wave machine action.
Which we enjoyed on the other side of the rope in the deep end.
It was epic holding onto the wall so close to the wave machine itself.
We took lunch, a picnic of sorts, in Tesco's carpark continuing our well classy day.
Once mum was home from work we fired up Dads new Just Dance game he got for christmas on my Xbox.
You don't even need controllers, its clever enough to just recognise you.
And give you a sped up highlights video of everyones moves, this was hilarious.
Saturday
We had to go shopping.
Yeah, boring shopping...in Reading!!!
How lame, especially when we decided against going on the train due to it terminating at Reading west because of the work on Reading station.
So car it was, but we went crazy and firstly decided to park at the super expensive Oracle car park and then in a feat of unrivalled decadence we also got the car washed by the valeters there.
Well, it was utterly filthy and we got dirty hands every time we closed the doors or boot.
So we trudged round town for a bit, it wasn't too bad really, we took our rubik's snakes to keep us entertained and helped mum pick a new winter coat.
We were done and dusted and back home in time to go roller skating which was a real bonus.
Yeah, we hadn't been for what felt like ages.
We were home in time to watch the start of the new series of take me out, perfect.
We were done and dusted and back home in time to go roller skating which was a real bonus.
Yeah, we hadn't been for what felt like ages.
We were home in time to watch the start of the new series of take me out, perfect.
Sunday
Had a heavy session on the Skylanders today, making good progress through the game.
Anne came for lunch which was nice.
We played one of my new games Scaramble the egg after lunch, it was really funny calling out things on the subject given on the cards.
Anne came for lunch which was nice.
We played one of my new games Scaramble the egg after lunch, it was really funny calling out things on the subject given on the cards.
Monday
Last day of the holidays.
And I felt poorly.....fortunatley Mum had the day off so it was cuddle o'clock.
And a right old XBox session for me. As well as skylanders i'd spent my Xbox voucher on a game called Trials Fusion which is hugley entertaining, if a bit frustrating at times.
So that finally gets the Christmas period covered.
It was a weird one this year, what with me feeling ropey and it only being us four for lunch.
But it was good fun on the whole and we got some truly epic presents from everyone.
Yeah, we certainyl did, thanks everyone!
It was a weird one this year, what with me feeling ropey and it only being us four for lunch.
But it was good fun on the whole and we got some truly epic presents from everyone.
Yeah, we certainyl did, thanks everyone!
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