As promised a while ago, here is our amazing curly wurly apple peeler/ corer thingy, so simple and amazing that our two year old uses it to get his apple fix.

For the first time yesterday, I forgot about taking a picture! Luckily I was home just before midnight and remembered…. close call

Charlie Dog, my sister’s little baby boy, now that her daughter is a big teenager and not home much….. He is rather cute.

Visiting Granny and Grandpa today, so all the boys packed their suitcase themselves…. let’s see if they have Pj’s and anything to wear tomorrow!

A day spent driving around with the kids doing chores and with no photo opportunity, plus I am still mourning the illness of my big lens. …… and then who turns up at bedtime? Santa. Just to make sure he knows where the kids live.

Not a great day today – I took my favourite lens out with me whilst on a walk and it ceased working! Gulp. Hope it can get fixed! So, once back and with newly baked Christmas cake fresh out of the oven, this became the subject of my attention!

Trying to get Lotka into the Christmas spirit. Do you think it has worked?

Playing with flash and a new photography umbrella, with a fidgety and mischievous 2 year old and with only a 2 minute window. If you look closely you can see the umbrella and myself in his eyes!

The day has finally come and little Alexei performed superbly in his role as singing snowman – he even did a little dance. What a showman.

Our neighbour likes to put up his decorations early – 1st December in fact. Well, Tigger gets very excited about it all. I am waiting for other neighbours to get theirs up, fake snow and all, and see who attracts more attention from the local kids.