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Thank you so much for your lovely comments on yesterday’s post. You guys are so sweet. A few quick things to note- the hair? Hairspray and a pony tail LOL. I HATE my hair in my face so it needed to be away for that night. The photos are very precious to us. Such a short moment in your life and so important and yet so little photos most of the time.
We were determined to catch more of those moments this time around. Many of you asked how we got the photos, my husband Simon took some and also my girlfriend Alicia who has attended both of the births of the boys took some, my mum also took a few so it was an entire group effort which I love. Everyone got to be in the moment but also snapped a few photos- a great balance.
Such a very special day of the year. We spend ours baking, laughing, doing Christmas crafts, playing games and getting ready for Santa. I also lost count of how many times I said “You need to do xyz because Santa is watching still” LOL.
And we were ready, very very early I might add. We were all ready for Santa and the reindeer at oh just after lunch. The fact that Flynn just started to “get” Christmas and santa and Jesus and all that this wonderful time of year entails this year.
So you probably still have mantle full of cards if you are anything like me : ) And we love them all. We keep them up on the shelf at home as long as possible and then take them all down early January.
I urge you to find an organisational system that works for you with your cards and implement this in your home so that you can look over and cherish your friends and families lovely photos in the years to come.
Ok firstly your reading this thinking Christmas is over right ? But part of being organised is sometimes doing things out of season, the great thing about doing this great little project now, today is that next year you will get to enjoy it for a full 4 weeks in december. Wait until next year and you will likely forget with all of the million other important things you have on.
I made mine on Christmas Eve and we enjoyed it for the last week of December : )
I was lucky enough to host the Mothers group Christmas party this year : ) It was so sweet to see all of the kids together and to see them handing out all of their little presents and eating yummy food etc.
Before everyone got here I set up all of my food and goodies as a lovely party table to have it all together to photograph.
I love that you guys get so excited about the same things I do : ) Things that make our little guys smile and happy and that they will play with endlessly. Most boys seem to love small cars and absolutely flip if they have a trailer of any kind.
So after a little googling etc for you I found it online (YAY for that). It is cheap, like $10 and I am sure will be much loved. The worst part is that I have seen SO many more little Siku cars and trailers on this site now… oh dear !!
Our tree this year : ) I great mixture of bought decorations and things Flynn has lovingly made. OK so it’s is not perfect but we all helped decorate it and we love it, especially the twinkly lights at night.
I thought I might add some love into our Home Theatre room. This poor little forgotten room it is going to be decorated next year but up until now remained devoid of any girl love and is just full of boy “stuff”.
I love how it all turned out. I added bits and pieces over few days and even took photos but then added more so I had to do a re shoot. Now it is complete I am going to share it today with you and hope you might get your own ideas : )
I am so excited today to offer you the first printable made just for us : ) Bianca at A little Delightful was kind enough to make this download up for me and my Playdough favours. Flynn will be giving these out to his little friends on Thursday at his little party.
I thought I would share with you today how we decided to hand deliver some of our Christmas cards this year. This was completely unintentional. It started off as just a little morning baking with Flynn.
Some yummy chocolate chip muffins with a sweet Christmas twist -
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