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[Bren In Pots]

Our 3 year old boy was so excited when we took out the tree and all the various bits (many of which are still not up yet)..He just kept running around saying "this is the best Christmas ever" bless him
Wait tail Santa arrives

Whats he going to be like in 3 weeks time

[cariann88]

Good morning, Weather is okay here, not raining, and not dull. I've just realised all the leaves have gone on the trees(don't know where I have been since they started falling off ha) Had to climb behind the TV this morning to get to a plug that blew and change the fuse.

I am looking forward to cooking tea tonight, making Char siu chop suey. Love it from the take away so I thought I'd give it a try and cook it myself.
Not sure what I am going to do today, can't go far in case my dad wants me. I know I need to catch up with GYO magazine, so might read them today. Have a good day

[Jay22]

Aww a Trip, 3 years old...what a fantastic age for Christmas! It's been 'cough' 'cough' years since ours were 3 but they still love it...they fight over who is going to put the fairy on top of the tree every year, we've had to do a rota system and keep a note in beside the fairy of whose turn it is and when! Son will be ahead of the game this year though as he is living back home while at University...preparing for fireworks.

[Nicos]

Mornin all!

No decorations up here...hoping to start on Monday once I've done a bit of spring cleaning.

Decorations up first....tree last .....a couple of weeks before Xmas....as we get a couple of real ones, they don't last so long in the heat of the house....even if they are watered regularly do they?

As New Year is the main celebration here (Boxing day isn't a Bank Holiday here) most decorations seem to stay up until 12th Night which is fine by me!!!...in the UK I used to have them down straight after New Year!

The big kid in me loves the homely feel of Xmas decorations everywhere!

[Lumpy]

If you ask our kids what their favourite Christmas was when they were kids it would be the one where they stampeded down stairs at daft o'clock in the morning expecting the normal heap of pressies and were met by nothing except 2 envelopes.
Each one had a clue in it - I had spent weeks making them up - so it became a Pressie Treasure Hunt.
Each time they solved a clue by finding a pressie it would have another clue stuck to it.
Needless to say me and Mr Lumpy sat on the sofa and watched the carnage of cupboards etc being emptied, shed being ransacked, the attempted invasion of the loft, clambering up the apple tree and the near miss of the car windscreen when son hurled a brick at it to open the car because the locks were frozen solid.
Christmas afternoon was great - they fell asleep.
They have their own kids now and are planning to torture them as we did as soon as they are old enough.

[bearded bloke]

HEY G4, CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE

[Jay22]

Forgot to say Happy Anniversary G4, hope you have a lovely day!

[Martin H]

Morning all, lovely and calm and sunny here this morning although it's a bit nippy.

I'm NOT going to buy a tree just yet, even though one year I tried to buy one the last weekend before the big day and there were none left! If I put one up now it would be an Advent Tree...

Happy anniversary G4. Carrie, hope your dad is on the mend today.

[Jay22]

Well done to Christmas MOM Nicos!!

[cariann88]

My dad says he is feeling a lot better today We can all tell because he is moaning at us haha.

Happy 17th Anniversary G4.
Congratulations MOM Nicos

[Hazel at the Hill]

Marvellous - an excellent choice as Christmas MoMmy.

Can I have my pony for Christmas, then?

[Dorothy rouse]

Just been up to allotment to take some 'kitchen waste' , it was looking a bit sad. Where I've pulled up cabbages and sprouts etc, I've just left the 'leaves' etc on the surface, hoping that when I go back in January, it will have miraculously, have converted itself into good compost.! Some beds are covered, but these last ones aren't.

[Nicos]

Marvellous - an excellent choice as Christmas MoMmy.

Can I have my pony for Christmas, then?

Of course you can...she's in the post!

[veggiechicken]

Sent by Pony Express, I presume

[Jeanied]

Ooh Nicos is our Mommy

Petal is also very impressed!