Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Annual Christmas visit to London

Today was our annual trip to London. I have done this with the little people and my friend Angela since Daisy was one years old. Every year we book Father Christmas at either Selfridges or Harrods, we have lunch on the train to Victoria, get the bus to Marble Arch, walk down Oxford St admiring the Christmas windows and lights, then Regent St with a stop in Hamleys for the children to have a play, then it is suppa time followed by some shopping in Fortnum & Masons before we head over to Harrods in Knightsbridge and Winter Wonderland.


To our horror this year was different, Angela wasn't able to make it due to being poorly but the plus side was Daddy came instead although at times Daisy was rather horrified that he kept suggesting doing other things/changing route.


We arrived in Victoria to rain and it did not stop for 4 hrs but that did not stop us, we got the bus to Marble Arch and admired the windows at Selfridges which I must say were very poor, not at all Christmassy. The lights in Oxford & Regent St were lovely and so were the ones on the other department stores. Unfortunately we didn't get to do Hamleys as there was a huge que to get in and once we got in the foyer the fire alarm went off so we headed to Piccadilly Circus for something to eat by this time we were wet, tired and hungary - not our normal festive selves. After some suppa and time out we hit Fortnum & Masons for some retail threapy. I was born to shop there it is just unfortunate I was born without the bank balance to do it!!


We then got the bus over to Knightsbridge and Harrods did certainly save the day, their Christmas windows are stunning and as we were admiring them the Coke Cola Holidays are coming truck drove past honking it's horn, very magical Christmassy moment.


We were due to see Father Christmas at 7pm but was a little early so Daisy picked out a coat (see pic below) at a very reasonable £699 and also some bra tops (must say I nearly fell on the floor when she picked these up at only 7yrs old). Thankfully we were called for FC before anything could be purchased. I can honestly say we meet the real Father Christmas tonight at Harrods, he was brillant. After a great time with FC we headed over to Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park for some festive fun before getting the late train home.
















































































































Monday, 19 December 2011

Friends & Family day

Today was Mum's friends and family day. Everyone was home, roast Christmas Turkey dinner and lots of pressies... pure mayhem!








































































A bit of biz news









Today we set up a child-size table setting for a wedding breakfast. http://www.teacupsandtiaras.co.uk/ We will be marketing this more in 2012!

Saturday, 17 December 2011

Daddy/Mummy date

Today Samuel and I had a date, we dropped Daisy & Daddy off at dancing and Samuel and I went into town and went to the cinema to see the Chipmunks Shipwrecked and then finished off our Christmas shopping. We popped into see Nanny Maureen before heading home for some Christmas prep. Meanwhile Daddy and Daisy went to dancing and then did a spot of Christmas shopping afterwards... I think this involved a trip to the pottery cafe!

Friday, 16 December 2011

Last day of term!



Last day at school today, it's been a busy week with the little people having various end of term parties. We had some fun at bath time with the camera!

Thursday, 15 December 2011

Samuel's first school nativity

Our handsome fella was a Shepherd in his school nativity play today, he did a fantastic job doing all the actions and songs. And yes of course I cried!









































































Wednesday, 14 December 2011

He is behind you...

2nd panto of the season, Cinderella at the Connought Theatre, Worthing with the family. Thankfully this was so much better than the last one. Better costumes, scenery, songs and actually funny! Daddy, Uncle Murphy, Aunty Jo, Nanny Maureen, Andy and Cala joined us.
 

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