winter tales

My kids are on their way back to momma. They spent the last few days with Patrick at his mums house. I stayed home as I had James to look after and Maren arrived to stay as well. Maren is a welcome addition as she is from NEW MEXICO and its nice to speak 'american' again!

We are out to a friends tonight for New Years eve for charades, picitonary, poker and party food!!!!

Today we peaked at 2degrees celcius.. thats 35 degrees fahreheit and tonight we will get to about -6 degrees or 20 degrees fahreheit for the American contingent who reads this blog.

HAPPY NEW YEAR and everyone have a safe night!

tinseltown

these legs are made for walking and thats just what they'll do. These legs are gonna wlak allover you! I am trying to organize some neighbourhood caroling. Consisting of us.. the neighbours kids and any stragglers we pick up on the way.. around the block.. singing as many carols as we can.

I'll have to learn some words first!

We were successfull in our turkey hunt and have a lovely ten-pounder for the BIG day. Last of the wrapping has been done and Adam had an epiphany and said... aww man.. I should have asked for a bike! Needless to say.. santa might not get hi a bike as it may be a bit difficult to get one so late on.

Merry Christmas!!

too late to blog

Hi... blogging halted due to the xmas/term end/PTA meltdown.
Nah... just couldn't be bothered!
Kiddos ar efab. Sickness gone.. except CArys who has a sore head....
Adam has done his rounds of school/beavers/football christmas parties so next week we shoudl be able to enjoy the xmas season.
I have done NO baking. No recipe gathering. No food shopping. So it will be interesting goign to Tesco with thousands of others and vying for that same turkey!!!

photos on flickr. don't forget to look.

Christmas cards are off!

I did it! I have managed two firsts today!
1. I actually got the christmas cards mailed off on time!!! Yes ... you should all ahve an actual christmas card rather than an e-card or no card at all!!! for those of you whom I do not know the address... too bad. I have sent cards care of other people whose address I do know!

2. I am really proud of this one. Someone will be getting their birthday card ON TIME>>>EVEN EARLY.... mind you there is nothing in it ... but hey IT IS A CARD ON TIME! Have the tables turned? Is this the start of something new?

Adam had a great time at Beavers Christmas Party, we got ther early to pick him up and were just in time to add Carys to the 'see Santa line'. She was dead excited... jumping up and down with glee... peeping out the side of the line to see him at the top... she's then catch me looking and bring her hands up to her mouth like a squirrel does when he's furiously workign at opening a nut! Anyway.... she got all the way to Santa..... he reached out to hand her a present.... she turned around superfast and took off runnign towards me!! Adam collected her present in her stead!

The lights are on the outside of the house... no pictures yet but they will come.

Happy Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas!

Dsc01310, originally uploaded by the_stakes.

Hi!!! Patrick and I tried to get a nice formal xmas photo.. after an hour and countless attempts... we have this!!! all other rejects are on Flicker.. there are some nice ones there as well.

Adam and Carys had a great tiem deocrating the tree. Me and Patrick of course moved half of 84 baubles from the bottom half of the tree to event he thing out.

We still have a box of christmas decorations missing in the loft, Patrick swears he cannot find them btu I would NOT have thrown out our stockings and garlands and snowglobes!!

He is gone to Manchester for the weekend and will be back sometime late tomorrow.

Adam has a party at Beavers this afternoon, so me Carys and Cameron ( I am lookig after him until 6) will chill out in front of the TV watching XMAS Movies!!!

HOLA

Hi ...

I'm finsihed feelign srry for myslef and have jumpd right in to the Christmas spirit! Todya was the last day of term for me wee heee! One final assignment to finsih and then 6 weeks of no UNI!

We have had a lot of sickness. It all began when Carys got a nasty cold/cough/runny nose/sore throat thing the first week of November. then Adam got chicken pox, then Adam got impetigo and it was really gross. His skin was like eating itself.... gross. it is super contagious so Adam had to stay off school. And this week Carys comes out in it. So she is now on antibiotics and bacterial cream and all sorts to get rid of hers. It isn't as bad as Adams got because we knew what it was.

Santa's letters have gone off. Carys lieks everythign she sees on telly and Adam would be happy with a new tree to climb.

We got a real christmas tree this year, its the first real one since 1998 when I moved to England !!! December 16th 1998!!!!

I got a littel bit carried away because this tree touches the ceilign and is about as wide round as a 4 seater table. We have some 'pruning' to do to get it to fit in the corner of our not-so-big living room!

Gotta go... MERRY CHRISTMAS!