We put the tree up last weekend. It was a little earlier than usual but we had our annual Christmas drinks party that night and wanted to have it up for that. However, as all the kids are now older, this year's party included a few youngsters who completely took over that room and so none of the adults actually got to see the tree.
We even managed to work out how to do a self-timed photo on the iPhone ;) !
After a few days of having the tree up, my early Christmas present arrived! Which means the whole tree had to be moved into a dark corner and is no longer the glory of our lounge room. But look what we have instead!!!
Both children have just written their letters to Santa and they are sitting by the chimney today. Molly wrote her's with a cheeky glint in her eye as she once again asked Santa for a horse/pony and questioned how he can get up and down a modern gas flue. Alfie however put a lot of thought and research into his. Why he needs a FitBit I have no idea, but I fear he could be slightly disappointed when the big day comes :(
The last week of school was the usual type of week of no work, lots of games and lots of fun. They had a blast, despite the fact that one day they were all plunged into the outdoor pool which has only just opened for the year and has only got to 18 degrees so far, brrrrr! Check out Molly's face! She actually went purple after 20 minutes and had to be pulled out by a member of staff! ;(
Alfie and I went to the official Wellington Santa Parade last weekend, which is always so much fun no matter what age you are. We found a sunny spot on Willis Street and watched all the completely non-Christmas-related floats go by (Minions, Harry Potter, rugby players, etc)..... until finally we saw Santa at the end!
Molly and Jake were part of the parade this year - Molly was a Pohutakawa Tree and did a great job of high fiving everyone up the street (Jake was a marshal - you can see him in a green Santa hat at the right of the picture below).
So now it's Day 1 of the school holidays, which means that by 9.30am this morning every single room in the house looked a little bit like this..There is paint and glitter all over the dining table, scissored pieces of paper all over the lounge room, nail polish on EVERYTHING, blue wall paint on the sink (how??) and rolled up newspapers all over my bed. I actually can't bear to photograph any other rooms. HELP!!!
I seem to have had about 107 different kids at our house today (maybe it was actually 7? It felt like 107), and they spent most of the day setting up a "stall" outside the house where they tried to sell their services: 50c a hair spray (purple only), $1 a face paint and $1 for painted nails.
Most of our household possessions, including all toys and my whole cupboard full of towels, were taken outside to make this stall, posters were made displaying prices and balloons were tied to the road signs.
Then every car that drove past was yelled at and screamed at - they certainly gave a few drivers a real fright - and after 4.5 hours they had a grand total of two customers (both were given free face paints). Lots of fun but man am I shattered!
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