August 08 - We three kings of orient are, one in a taxi one in a car..

[steaknife]

...one on a scooter beeping his hooter, smoking a fat cigar

Apologies to the goodly and the good amongst us.

Oh something nice, I had a lovely text from middle SIL to say they had opened their prezzies early and that mine were the best ones. All home made except for a book for DB.

oh and I think there might be some of these left if Dizz and Sazz didn't eat them all.

Did you know in Provence there is a tradition to have 13 deserts on the side-table - representing Jesus and the 12 Apostles. That's my kind of Christmas tradition. yumm!

Yeuch I have a migraine, proper vomity, numb tunnel vision one - just about mananing to read very slowly. Pain not too bad though luckily, all the other nonsense will be over in 10mins.

But I really do need to know urgaently if I should go nuts with cheesecake tart or just a danish pastry please. This is more important than feeding kids or coping with migraines!

Steaky - if she is not upset when she wakes i would hold off going in at all and see if she can resettle. Maybe pop a couple of books in her cots if she has a nightlight and she can read them if she wakes

You may recall DD2 did this a couple of weeks ago and she was cutting molars and having a developmental spurt. Seems to have calmed down now. If she was really upset i would go in and administer Nurofen, or just let her get up for an hour or two and she was happy as larry

0h PB sorry you are not well - migraines suck.

I say more is more, tis christmas and the season for over indulgence.

Danish would have my vote

Sorry to hear of nasty migrane - hope it is banished soon

Sazz - I've tried not going in, the outcome is the same, she eventually wakes herself up because no response. No rhyme or reason to it, sometimes settles quick, sometimes not. I am trying to not do the getting up thing as I don't want her to get used to it, but it has worked in the past.
Guess I'll just go on trying a few different things and see what works, blummin teeth! She only has 6, it is going to a long year isn't it?

Morning gang . Up since 5.30 with both boys ready to play . Amazingly I am still awake, although O just gone down for his nap. Super productive morning in terms of hoovering done, kitchen cleaned (inlcuding floor scrubbed), oven cleaner in there now shortly to be washed off .

Did I read it right on fb that it's OOPS'S bday today?

buckets I hope your migraine is soon gone

morning sazz, morning steaky, morning everyoneelse

Its Christmas eve

DHHe woke me up on our anniversary and said we were going into London for a nice breakfast.
I don't make any decisions before eating so this was a wise move. Then we went for a walk up Primrose Hill, stopping to buy a take-away cup of tea at the bottom of it.

Behind us, a Rastafarian bloke and his little dog were having a walk too.

When DH proposed, I was so excited I started doing star jumps. The dog decided to join in the kerfuffle and, when he spotted the drink, lost the plot altogether and bit DP on the leg.

Up slopes his owner who said: 'Don't worry. That dog just love tea.'

I should be doing stuff!!!!

Buckets, hope you feel better soon.

Can I confess that I totally ballsed up and put the wrong house number on Steaky's secret santa present . Twas defo my fault as I had to keep retyping the address as the website kept defaulting back to my credit card address and dd2 was clinging on.

If the post office don't have it Steaky, I will contact the company and sort it out pronto. So sorry again.

Morning

It's a winter wonderland here, the snow piled down all evening and looks soooo pretty

No1 I hope your DH got home OK

Buckets ouch I hope you feel better soon.

Steaky not a patch on your night but had to get out of bed to DD about 7 times between 4-5a, I can't leave her or she just wakes DS, who is currently producing snot at a prodigious rate. Strong coffee all round I think (that's me yawning)

DD singing away in a manger, think it's going to be a long day

Not to worry my little communist legume. I tried the post office yesterday as the neighbours said they had taken it back there. Post office said that it would have been sent back to return address.
So if it was sent direct from shop then it should be back there.

and HP I am loving "that dog just loves tea!"

doh the tea lovin dog was Lentil

Sadly my proposal story not really worth telling

I'm personally very impressed by the star jumps

Happy Birthday lovely Oops hope you're having a great one!

Morning all

Thank you for all your messages on FB.

Can you tell Dh has developed a bucks fizz obsession

I am currently wearing a funky pair of Roxy boots, eating nutella on toast, surrounded by bits of paper and card. We let DD have a present from under the tree as mine were very obviously not very fun at all.

Off to go and get the big bird and have 'real' brekker at the farmshop.

ooh, nutella on toast sounds good!

hotpot are you enjoying your snow? we had a little more yesterday evening too.

Dh and I got engaged in front of the Notre Dame cathedral. Sounds romantic? It was freezing cold (late Nov), late at night and I was trying to make him walk quicker to get to the metro. He stopped me and said "marry me piglet" (his name for me!). I said of course. But made him go down on one knee and ask again

btw am not impressed that I am covered in spots!!! But fat angry looking ones on my face

Oh so much romance! I'd proposed to DH a few times but reckoned everyone would think I'd bullied him so it didn't count til he asked me. He eventually did when v drunk and confused one night and I was sober so I held him to it LOL.

Migraine getting better, just had a bath and hairwash and forgot that flicking my hair violently into a turban would be like a grenade going off inmy skull.

Danish pastry ring made with just a leetle bit of cream cheese icing inside to luxe it up a bit. May try and do a photo because it is one of those Pampered Chef style-over-effort desserts. Serves 12 and there will be 11 of us - who will triumph over the final piece? What a cliffhanger.

Spots CC? that's a pregnancy symptom for me...

I guess even toddlers get excited about Christmas Eve - like lots of the others, DS was awake and wanting to get up at 5am However, the parents were not for turning and we managed to snuggle him back to sleep in between us. Result: family lie in till 8.30!

My proposal story is too recent to be rehashed again

DS and I are watching Curious George while DP soaks his works party hangover away in the bath. Very festive

Hello,

Slight clash with Argentine Beaurocracy and a small baby means that the parcel is still in customs, but we will return with my inlaws after Christmas which will be really nice as my mum leaves on Monday so it will be something really nice to cheer me up.

I asked DH in a petrol station if we were going to get married. He said that it was obvious that we were. I said was he going to propose, he said that it was a commercial North American/European custom of which he was having no part. The same goes for engagement rings. He then claims that he proposed a year and a half earlier ... but I think that I would have noticed.

Happy Christmas all. Thank you for all your advice and support this year. It has been really valuable and has meant a lot. Off out to drink coffee at Starbucks. We have lots of rain.

stop press

The Snowman is on at 1.35pm TODAY. Lovely to watch with the littlies. I have sky plussed it as littlies asleep at that time

Loving the star jumps (Lentil, i had to read your post 3 times as i thought DH was flying you to brekker in London today for your anniversary [d'oh]. Thought it ever so slightly odd for Xmas Eve and given travel nightmares atm ), missed proposals and reluctant men

ah pants I missed it

have just seen photos of my lovely Spanish cousins brand new baby, born on the 21st Dec, she's called Clara, she's perfect and she has her ears pierced already

LWFH we too have lots of rain.

Dizzy MIL was supposed to come here yesterday but flight cancelled so she's still in England. Feels like a bit of a let down as would have loved to have Christmas Day just the 3 of us but as we hadn't planned it that way it now feels a bit strange.

DH proposed whilst we were in Dublin. Nearly happened in McDonald's as he hadn't booked anywhere and it was the weekend after Valentine's Day - he waited till we got back to the hotel instead.

Have been off work today (as I was expecting MIL to be here) and have had such a lovely time with DS. He's been really cheeky and loads of fun.

Less than 2 hours to Christmas Day!