Out with the old and in with the new

The last day of 2009 was spent chilling and preparing for 'Forbes's got talent' party at ours.

The night is in pictures below:

Relaxing and eating...

that is what we have mainly been doing for the past few days!

Boxing day we went up to London to spend it with John and his family, this has turned into a bit of a tradition now with us going up there, the little people disappearing with John and Elaine's children to play with their endless toys and the adults chatting and enjoying a turkey curry.

27th was spent at Nanny Anne's and Grandad's. Nanny Anne cooked a delicious lunch and it was a chilled afternoon most of it I spent ready - bliss.

28th we relaxed at home and Sam went out on his bike

29th we had our friends John and Sarah round for lunch with their girls John and Evie, the little people disappeared into their bedrooms and the four adults talked about men, women and marriage - was an interesting conversation at times!

30th The little people went to Bluebell railway with Nanny Anne and Grandad whilst daddy and I went into town to see if he could get some work shoes and ended up getting some shoes for Daisy and Samuel. We had a peaceful lunch, it was nice to spend some time alone in the day.

31st Preparing for Forbes's got talent this evening

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.

Roll on 2010.

Christmas Day

Grandad and Nanny Anne arrived and they dashed out with Tim and the little people to church whilst I did the prep for dinner. When they got back Samuel couldn't wait to get on his bike so we all went outside and it took a while as he kept pedaling backwards!!!!! But he got there and was soon whizzing off down the road!

Nanny Maureen was working so Tim went to pick up and we then had another round of present opening, Daisy scored a pair of roller skates and Sam a vintage Thomas the Tank Engine toy which he loves. It was then time for Christmas lunch, we had secret santa with the rule it was something you wore during Christmas lunch. Grandad had a bow tie and red nose, Nanny Anne Santa gloves, Daisy a bride tiara, Samuel an elf hat, Tim a range of hairy facial attachments (see pics below) and Nanny Maureen and I a head band with plaits.

The rest of the afternoon was spent eating, drinking, watching tv, playing trains, watching Sam ride his bike and just relaxing.

Mum he's been.... they announce at 4.30am!

It's was dark and it felt like we had been woken in the middle of the night... we had! It was 4.30am and a little lady was shouting 'He's been' and we could hear the little fella saying 'wow, nice, wow' - yep they had found their stockings and there was no going back to sleep. So we sat up in bed and opened our stockings, we then ventured down stairs to see if there was anything else and there was... a desk for the little lady and a bike for Sam. We then did present opening and unfortuantely still no sign of going back to bed so I got on with preparing the dinner and the little people played with all their new bits whilst Daddy had a bath.

Merry Christmas from the Parker Family xx

Christmas in our house!

My mum (Nanny Maureen) very kindly gave me the angel that used to sit at the top of her Christmas tree for as long as I can remember. She did need a little attention to get her back into shape i.e. glueing her arm and wings back on but now she looks as good as new and I hope to pass on to Daisy when she grows up for the top of her tree.

Some other Christmas traditions we have:

1. We always go as a family to buy our Christmas tree
2. Daddy always puts the star but now fairy on top of the tree
3. Daisy always puts the robin on the tree
4. The little people have a tree in the kitchen that they decorate with their own decorations
5. We go to see FC and the Christmas lights in London every year
6. We go to see a panto
7. We eat Turkey on Christmas day
8. Daddy always does his wrapping on Christmas eve
9. FC leaves our stockings at the end of our beds and our big present by the fire place
10. We make home made Christmas decs