Cosey up, the kettle's on

[BibiBelle]

here we go, before I head to bed

I'm still sober and love you all too; has been a good year having so many friends, and you are no longer new friends but old friends

Did the portable North Pole thing here too, DD was entranced but DS cried and the reminder from FC to brush his teeth properly was missed in the wailing, oh well better luck next year

70 minutes to bed time...

We did our PNP thing after bath & the elves had delivered jammies. DD1 was entranced and did not know how he had got photos of her and DD2. DD2 less impressed

I brought in a bowl of nuts (cracking ones) thinking no-one would pinch them . DD1 has taken a shine to brazil nuts and DD2 the almonds. DH is eating all the hazlenuts. Leaves me with the walnuts

Oh, and apologies for flippancy earlier. I really DO love you all.
Honest

Much fortitude to you hots. we have 15 14 mins and counting....

Am hoping the 8pm bedtime means a little lie-in in the morning [deluded] Actually they have been really good all week, today was the earliest at 7.20am but all bets are off for the morning I suppose.

DD has left 3 chocolate chip cookies and a glass of fizzy water out for Father Christmas and a bowl of carrots for the reindeer. She is so excited

talk about a soppy lot! blimey, what's happened to you all?!

i guess you're all alright really!

and if you can't beat them, join them.... your support this year has been tremendous and I really don't think I'd be sitting here happily waiting for FC to arrive if it hadn't been for you guys

Dad's plane has pushed back!!!!

LOL hipps, you HAVE to get drawn in. Tis the rules. Check out MN policies if you don't believe me

Yay and hurrah LOTI . Is it on time or horrendously delayed?

Hots that never ever works in our house, so 7pm it is!

Can i just say, as the least religious person in the room, that i LOVE carols from Kings

Carols from King's here too

Glad all your littluns are excited and bedbound.

hippy get sentimental NOW or I'll do it for you

Come on papaLoti!

ladies he is in the air as we speak ..

crisp he has been at the airport since 11am, flight was due to take off at 13.40!! needless to say all ryanair flights made it out !!!

now i can finally get into a festive mood.. dd2 kept bringing us the carrot/mince pie and beer after we had laid it out for santa

The Luck of The Irish has some magic

ursula what did you decide on menu wise?

Hurrah for your Dad finally on his way Loti

DD out like a light, DS still awake so have sent DH up to bore encourage him to sleep. I wanna get the presents out

ds2 zzzing, ds1 having stories with daddy. I have just bought ds1s last prezzie - an online game called p lants vs z ombies which I couldn't buy until he'd gone to bed tonight otherwise he'd open it up on the pc and realise he'd got the game he'd asked for

loti yay, prayers answered for your dads flight! Yippee!!!!

Once ds1 is asleep I will make some snowy footprints across the wooden dining room floor . Santa has some nice red wine "to warm his tummy" and 2 sausage rolls, and the reindeer have some chanterey carrots

Go on hippo let your softee side out

Hey hots , happy christmas!

Also, O learnt to say his name today "oli-er" (awww, bless)

Hang on a minute loti, is your dad Santa? hmmm, he's in the air at the minute you say?!!

Dad's landed!!! shhhhh he is really Santa claus

Feckity feckity feck, was just merrily filling the stockings when DS wandered in saying 'hello mummy I'm awake' managed to bundle the stuff behind the chair without him seeing, and DH has gone up with him and another bottle of milk in the hope of sending him off to sleep properly Times like this though I do appreciate my inability to settle my own son to sleep...

Yay for the safe landing of your dad loti, hope you have a magnificent Christmas.

In fact that goes for everyone, whatever/whoever you do/don't believe in (Father Christmas here ) I hope you have a blissful day tomorrow

Aha hots, You should have done it earlier. [smug bitch emoticon]

Crispy - if you did it earlier - how do they hang out their stockings? or are you super smug and have 2 one for hanging and one pre stuffed?

No just tipsy bbbb and read hots posts as 'wrapping the stocking presents' . I am supping red wine hence mistake eating cheese and watching crap tele whilst DH finally wraps his presents

OK smartarse, how would I have done that when DD only hung the empty stockings on the mantelpiece at 7.40pm??? I am not made of money to have a spare pair of identical stockings, the ones we have cost £1.49 each The gifts were already wrapped in special FC paper so it's just moving them from the bag to the stocking. He is sleeping now thank feck so off to stuff 'em

I have yet to do the transfer, so you are ahead of me

Sorry, FC has yet to do the transfer

DH has taken the job of stuffing stockings - it is the only thing he has done with regard ot the who present thing! Well, actually I lie - He forced me into the kitchen earlier so he could wrap my presents - using parcel tape and paper