Fabulous festivities

It's that time of year where everything seems to sparkle and hum and the bigger we get as a family the more festive we seem to feel! 

Our trusty potted Christmas tree died when we moved houses so this year we got to choose a real one from Ealing Common :-)

Mylo was big enough this year to help with the decorating and to get into the Christmas spirit. 

Felix got into the Christmas spirit too with lots of "wassup y'all's" all around

We were delighted to have Seona staying from NZ. Mylo gave her some of his best performances and they bonded over stories and sing alongs :-)

We had a WONDERFUL visit to Buxton to see Ed, Ali, Archie and Toby

As well as riding on Thomas the boys got to see some reindeer!

and climb a pirate ship

and ride a flying fox!

This was the first time that Felix got to meet Auntie Ali and the cousins so it was extra special

And Felix found a perfect nap time partner

We had a fabulous family day at the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park

Santa's sleigh was almost too much excitement for mummy! 

Mylo mastered the art of eating a pretzel 

With some help from Daddy of course! 

 We tackled ferocious polar bears 

And a magical ice kingdom

Felix became an expert at the art of snuggling

Mylo was very patient waiting to pick up some passengers ....

but then he decided that he would have much more fun on his own! 

We discovered "Santa's marching band" which (thank goodness) comes out of the box for approximately 10 days each year

it is rather annoying  transfixing

Mylo and Felix were able to meet Father Christmas and Mylo said he would like Pizza for Christmas!

We baked lots of mince pies 

And counted down the days on the advent calender we made 

And put the final touches on our Christmas cake which despite an epic near fail was actually rather delicious :-) 

And after sprinkling reindeer food on the back lawn we felt pretty confident that Father Christmas would find his way to our home and fill the boys stockings with lovely surprises because boy oh boy have they been good!

"not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse"

CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!!

Our Christmas day began with Granny and Grandpa flying in from the USA! It was VERY exciting, we were all overjoyed to have them. 

We were also lucky to have Uncle Andy join us! 

 We spent a lot of time eating..........

and sleeping...

and giggling

 and snuggling

and sharing

This is an amazing pressie that Uncle Andy made Felix. It is his name cut through layers of a newspaper from his birthday!!! Felix was just exhausted from the excitement of it all!

Mylo got some new winter warmies and tested them out at the local sandpit with Uncle Andy 

And as Mummy had enjoyed a few too many glasses of bubbles, Felix was very considerate in drinking from a bottle. Hoorah!