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I was intending to show you some photo's of our walk around the park today but they were all totally pants. It looked as though there was something right in the middle of the lens so every picture had a big blob right in the middle... oh well.
So instead I'll show you the boys stocking toys which I didn't think would get finished in time. I had started making them other things but then Gabe eventually told me what he had asked Santa for. He wouldn't tell us  at first as he said ' it was a secret'. He asked for three things, a polar bear, an Elf and a Santa Claus . The polar bear caused a mad rush around the town and we eventually found a little one in a cheap book shop. The Santa Claus was a chocolate one and the Elf, well as you can see I managed to make an Elf which has the original name of 'Elfie'.

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I had started making Milo a stripy wolf in his favourite colours but then he became hooked on playing a game called Little Big Planet so Hub suggested making him a 'Sackboy' which is the  main character from the game. I hadn't been totally happy with the wolf idea so Sackboy it was and although I couldn't get the right zip he didn't come out too bad. Which reminds me I must add the wolf to my ever growing list of WIP's !!

If you are wondering about my new header photo which I think is absolutely gorgeous, all credit goes to my dad who took it. I haven't taken any that I like recently,  my photography has gone right down the pan unfortunately, so another note to self..... must try harder.

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 I didn't post much at all over the Christmas period I think mainly due to work / home commitments but it's all over now in a blur of excited boys and much Lego of the Star Wars and Harry Potter varieties. As for New Year I was in bed by 10.30pm, gone are the days of drinking and dancing my little legs off at midnight and way past for that matter!

  I don't know if you'll remember but last year I posted every day in January so I thought what the heck, let's try and do it again and to start I thought I'd introduce the newest member of our family. The very curious and camera shy Freyja. I think I've taken about 60 photo's of her so far and these are the best .....

 We never had any intention of getting another dog never mind another German Shepherd but when we heard of an 18 week old girl who was in real need of a good home we just couldn't refuse. So yesterday we went and got her. She was living with 7 other Shepherds including her sister and the owner just couldn't look after them all. At the minute she is curled up over my feet chewing on a bone which she pinched off Kali. Luckily the two of them are getting on okay, there are instances of snapping and teeth showing and quite a bit of growling but that is just to be expected and should ease off eventually.

She loves being cuddled and stroked and judging by the size of her compared to Kali I think she's going to be a big girl . I will try and get a picture of them together at some point but don't hold your breath.....

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 Just  dropping in to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2012...........

I'll tell you all about this little lady next year.......... have a good one xx

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We've had our Christmas Eve carpet picnic and the special Christmas Eve bath. Reindeer dust has been sprinkled and carrots and cookies have been put out for Santa and his reindeer. Good job we had carrots in the cupboard as I had forgotten to buy some !

 New jamas have been put on and The Night Before Christmas has been read twice and now there are two excited boys tucked up in clean beds.

So all that is left for me to do is to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope that Santa is good to you all. Don't eat too many mince pies xx

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My nephew made this for us and I'd like to share it with you all as it brings a huge smile to my face and I'd like to think that it brings one to your face too.

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/Bj9ppo14iU4tjTC9?cmpid=jj_fb_friend_holidays


Just click on the link.

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 Well that's another week gone by in a blur, whoosh, gone just like that in a haze of work and school runs. Don't get me wrong I love working in the shop and the people I'm working with are all so nice and the happiness just rubs off but it's very tiring and it did upset me that I had to miss Gabe's Carol Service at school and will miss Milo's next week. Thankfully my parents went to Gabe's and Hub will be able to go to Milo's so at least someone will be there for them.

 Hub made a little sort of grotto around the boys bedroom doors and they love it. His tree has also been put up in the back room, it's the same one with the same baubles every year but I really like how it looks, a kind of modern approach as opposed to the more traditional in the front room.

 Oh and one of the flower shops around the corner has the most amazing window display. It's just recently been taken over and the new owners are putting everything into it . It makes us smile to see Rudolph every time we walk passed.

This sunrise photo was from this morning and was just so beautiful so I had to share it with you and we still haven't had any snow !!

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 Today much to the boys delight we put the Christmas tree up. Hub was at work so instead of being a happy family time ( supposedly) it was quite stressful, well for me it was anyway.

 Finding all the decorations you had forgotten about is always exciting.

 So is putting on the new ones that we buy. This time we bought more bells ( I like bells) and a girl Maileg pixie to go with the boy we got in 2010.

 This year we moved the armchair upstairs into Milo's bedroom as I wanted the tree back in the window where we could all see it instead of being tucked away in a corner where it has been for the past couple of years. It's surprising just how much dust you find under furniture... cough, cough!

Here we have our finished sitting room tree just waiting for Hub to get home from work,

 so we could put the star on. It was Milo's time this year and I only remembered that by looking back at my similar post from last December.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend......... oh oh it did snow this morning for about 10 minutes apparently but I missed it , sad face.