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Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Well it is officially December now so there is no more denying that Christmas is just around the corner. We actually started to embrace Christmas a few weeks ago when shopping with Nanna Freddy. We thought that we'd just have a look at where Santa was going to sit, but it turned out he was already sitting there - in November! Since the kiddos looked cute and there was no line, it was too good an opportunity to turn down. Ollie was in much better form than last year and wasn't scared at all. End result? A pretty good pic. Even if neither of them are looking at the camera. Better than hysterical screaming.

We put the Christmas tree up on the weekend. The big question was whether the tree needed to behind bars in Christmas tree jail or would Ollie be able to avoid the temptation to pull all the decorations off. Nick gave him more credit than I would have so no bars it was. We will definitely need them next year with Evie so it is nice to have a prettier looking tree this year. So far we have been major incident free. So far... And the decorating of the tree was quite fun too. Ollie was giving me directions as to how to put the tree up, as well as praise - "mummy you are very good at that". Love it. I was even able to bust out good old Patsy Biscoe's Christmas album, which is always on high rotation around here in December.


And just in case you could forget that it was Christmas, we also went to Carols in the local park on Saturday night. We took a picnic, chairs, rug and Ollie's pillow (oh and Panda) and had a lovely little evening. We ran into some of our friends from around the area (cue chest bumping between Ollie and his little bromance) and Santa even made an appearance by boat, giving out lollies and glowsticks! The carols were just a tad too religious for our liking though. Of course you expect a bit religion rammed down your throat at Christmas but this was kind of like going to bible camp! But anyway... a good time was had by all. We even stuck around for the screening of 'Home Alone', well the first 20 minutes anyway. It didn't occur to me that the themes might be a little too old for Ollie, especially the kid's family forgetting about him. Add into the mix an Evie bear who doesn't want to go to sleep, and it was best that we made an early departure.


Time to wrap it up as I've got Evie on my lap and she is not enjoying this. But enjoy a snap of one of Ollie's fabulous drawings. He did this all by himself. I may have suggested drawing things like ears etc. but he put them all in the right places on his own. I could't be more proud.


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