CHRISTMAS EVE 2014
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Hey, friends! Today I’m talking about Pajama Elves – a tradition that’s added a little Christmas magic to something which I do each Christmas anyhow, which is buy new PJs for the boys. When I was little, we had new nightclothes ready for Father Christmas and it was always exciting to have a bubble bath…
It’s generally about this time of year that I realise I never posted our Pumpkin Patch photos from the year before. So in true fashion, here they are from 2018. Note that THIS year, I’ll be able to edit and post them after we’ve been as all of the boys are at school now and…
Last year we began our Christmas tree chopping tradition after the mister was tipped off about a tree farm by a work colleague. It’s one of my most cherished holiday rituals now and much more exciting to us than just buying a tree from the local nursery. Now, as a family, we are amazing terrible at missing deadlines….
He met the two midway. The traits of his blond big brothers; Jensen [reserved] and Lyoto [destructive] collided in late July as we finally took Baby Hero out to the wildflower meadows to smash his first birthday cake. Inquisitive yet unsure, he needed a little encouragement to sink his little fingers into the squishy chocolate…
So whilst I’ve been away for a couple of weeks, attracting and repelling germs and other delights, we have also been having a great deal of fun and now it’s time to catch up on what we were up to! Over Hallowe’en we decided to have a little daytime party. In Spring we have…
Our first Elf arrived in 2011 when Jensen Indiana was one year old. I had discovered the tradition through reading American family blogs and there were aspects I loved about the whole idea and others I wasn’t so fond of. The basic concept was of an elf who arrived in your home and who…
Aww bless sounds perfect x
Aww, the kids are so cute. I am so glad to hear that you had a nice Christmas Eve – oh and how great that he wrote his own letter to Santa 🙂
What a great Christmas! I love the matching pajamas on the boys. Happy New Year to your family!
Beautiful pictures. Is that reindeer food? We did oats and glitter!
A phonetic letter to Santa is a huge deal! Your boys are adorable.
Your kids are beautiful. What a great Post. I'll never forget when my kiddos wrote their very own letters to Santa. So awesome!
Awwwwww your Christmas eve sounds like it was great!!! Loving your photos too!!! Way too cute 🙂
Awe what sweet photo's. Great job on writing out his letter!
So happy to hear Santa was able to make it with his reindeer to your house–I mean how could he ever ignore a first ever letter written to him!
looks like you made a lot of family memories and started some new family traditions as well. great photography in this blog post. don't you wish santa was real?
So super sweet! We have never done reindeer food! Maybe we should next year!
Sounds like you had a wonderful and memorable Christmas. How sweet are your little ones! Happy New Year!
It looks like the kids were excited for Father Christmas. It looked like you really have an intimate and great Christmas.
awww bless they look so cute and love that sign, cannot believe christmas is now but a distant memory
Oh your boys are so cute! They remind me a lot of mine! Looks like a great Christmas and hope you have a happy and fulfilling New Year ahead!
Awww how cute! Your little ones are so precious. I love your post and your ideas 🙂 You had a very successful and memorable Christmas. Happy New Years to you all!! 🙂
Such beautiful pictures! You've captured their excitement for Santa's arrival perfectly in the last picture 🙂
These are two cute lil ones indeed. I love your little story it is so precious and cute. Thanks for sharing. What a great idea by the way.
Awww way too precious! Happy New Year!! Thank you for sharing.
What a lovely moment – the first letter writing to Father Christmas. So sorry to hear about Excalibur though #ssamazingachievements
Such lovely photographs, my boys wrote to Father Christmas for the first time this year
How fantastic that J wrote the letter on his own. Love L face on the doorstep. Love your pictures as always.
Thanks for linking up with Small Steps Amazing Achievements :0)
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