How was your christmas everyone?

Oh yes BALD - the lego is out and also a couple of jigsaws with little tiny pieces that would normally be locked away :)

Looney - May join you at MH, because we still have the big kids from the private schools, who wouldn't be welcome at the drop in. We'll see ......

thats why i have in my contract 5 weeks holiday 2 weeks my choice,2 weeks mb/db and a week between xmas and ny

had a good 25th, at my parents with dh, then at mil 26th (kinda strained) and then been chilling/seeing friends

out at friends tonight for chinky and drinks

back to work wed 5th for one day and then back mon 10th as normal

Pleased you had a good one, bet it was nice just the 3 of you. I haven't worked Christmas eve the last couple of years due to my parents arriving that day ready for Christmas (they come down from Lincoln). Spent the night before dumping loads of stuff in the playroom to make space for the table being extended for Christmas dinner (not easy! LOL). Spent most of Tuesday getting the house back to normal for Wednesday, another reason I'm pleased I'll never be working it again whilst I'm doing this job!!! :) Oh, I won't be at group on Tues as it's my last ever Term Time day without needing to do a nursery run so we're all off to the MH if you fancy it? Otherwise, see you Wed if you're there. Happy New Year :)

We have had a lovely time; I finished the Tuesday before Xmas and will reopen next Tuesday

It's been very relaxing and low-key, we have spent hours playing with lego downstairs (usually the lego is banished upstairs because of the babies) and loafing around. Bliss.

Lots of bike rides, cinema, seeing relatives, eating crap (whooo hoo)

Lovely to hear all your yuletides have gone well x

Great Christmas. Worked up to and inc Christmas eve, but finished at 3:30 which was a nice surprise. Quiet Christmas day with just the 3 of us. Family round on boxing day to eat leftovers. Sooooo glad I had these 3 days in between as holiday (got all the children's reports written and even had a positive phone call with Ofsted about a tricky variation).

Looking forward to 2011.

Star - my ds2 is the same age iirc (he was 2 in June) and I just loved watching his little face too!! As for opening between xmas and new year, I'm afraid I felt I had to as my contracts say I take 20 days holiday a year and although unpaid, I feel it's wrong to go over what I state. Because I took 2 weeks in June, I wanted to space the other 2 weeks during the year so had a week in October half term (but ended up FULL on refurb of our lounge and it was far from a rest! lol) and I think I'd taken the other week in February so nothing left for Christmas. 5 and half years on and I've now written to them all saying that I'm officially closed 24th December through to first working day of the new year and that my 20 days is ON TOP OF THAT. They were all fine which is good. I can't have loads of children in my home over that period again, it's not fair on my own kids who didn't get any time to just play with their new toys and chill after the mad family stuff was done! Anyway, not happening again :) I've been having to 'think' quite a bit more now my ds1 is getting near 8 as sometimes it can feel that everyone else takes over their space (plus of course he can't watch whatever he wants on tv, play the wii much and all that sort of thing that he wants to do during his school hols!) Anyway, you have a fab new year :)

Not a cm but our Christmas was amazing! Just dh DS (2yo) and I but first year DS had anticipation and "got it". Was so magical. I'm still on a high from it. The 2.5 weeks home with DS is fab, too
Looney you really are looney for opening between Xmas and new year! I really, really hope my cm didn't do that!

Hiya

Pleased you had a good one. Mine was nice but very busy and a bit squashed with them all for dinner but was lovely. I could have really done with between Christmas and New year off as I hadn't had a proper break since June. Anyway, I'm lucky that I've now got today off by pure luck :) I'm NEVER working between Christmas and New Year again!!!

Hotel sounds nice, my parents did that when they stayed down here and I must say I like that idea :)

Hope you have a great New Year!