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We saw “IBM Father Christmas” yesterday. Yes, that’s his name. He brings presents to all of the boys and girls of IBM parents, then he goes off to help the normal Father Christmas, apparently. He also provides a magic show, disco, face painter and card making station. He’s pretty amazing.
At the first glimpse of Easter sunshine peeping from the perpetually cloudy Hampshire sky we bunny hopped, skipped and jumped at the chance to get out into the fresh Spring breeze and hunt…because the Easter Bunny’s treasure awaited us! The Jones Family Candy Hunters were corralled in the garage whilst things were set up. …
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…
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Our living room bookcases are currently completely overrun with advent calendars at the moment, with three very excited little boys waiting to see if anything can possibly be as exciting as opening a chocolate advent calendar door every morning. This year we decided to invest in a few, non-chocolate advent calendars, and we were sent…
Christmas is full of traditions in our home. From those traditions that Gav and I have carried from our own childhoods to that of our boys’, to traditions that we’ve begun together whilst dating, and on to new traditions that we begin as time passes and we discover pastimes and little rituals that fit well…
I had never picked cherries. When I was a little girl, cherries magically appeared to me, in a crinkled and scrunched up brown paper bag with the top rolled down, proffered by my beautiful granny on a Saturday afternoon after her mid-morning trip to the greengrocers at the top of her road. We spent afternoons…
Easter Sunday 2020. Despite all that’s going on in the world with the Coronavirus Pandemic, in our own tiny corner, this year I thanked my lucky stars that I’d already bought the sparkly foil wrapped bunny shaped chocolates and glorious Easter themed books even earlier than usual on some kind of alleged spread-the-cost mission [which…
Love that moody photo and love his beard. Great photo. Hope you've sorted your phone xxx
Thanks Lisa – no such luck though yet :/ I am still phone-less! Boo 🙁
A great photo, your boys look so blonde here x
Thanks Jane – they are bright blonde now – Hero is a brunette like me though 😉
That's such a lovely photo! I remember the Father Christmas at my Dad's work, I think he always had a few beforehand! 😀
That photograph is magical!
What a magical photo! One to treasure for sure.
Wow IBM does sound pretty amazing! Love the photo x
Loving the photo – I bet you will look
back on this in years to come and be transported back to this time
What a lovely company IBM is. My husband's company is more likely to take presents off children!
Aw what a fantastic idea! You're picture is beautiful by the way x
Such an adorable photo, really magical
Love the picture and I would welcome a visit from this Santa too 🙂
That photo is brilliant, it looks like one off of a Christmas card!
Love that photo – captures christmas perfectly
what an an absolutely beautiful picture