'Twas the night before Christmas....

Christmas Eve 2013

Christmas Eve 2014

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Waffles and cream for breakfast................

Roman has been tracking Santa......

We made reindeer food.....................

Wall of cards..............

The book is ready!

The struggle is real!  The gingebread house is collapsing.  We need Roman's Lego to act as scaffolding!  Currently being held up with cups and hot chocolate!

Roman is decorating his 6 gingerbread men.

Anais is decorating her 6 gingerbread men.

A wall has collapsed.  Oh well, its a stable now!

Little gingerbread present for Jordan, Dylan and Lexi......

Gingerbread men on the tree............................

Its raining so we can't go out as planned.
11.30am - hot chocolate and Christmas film instead
​The Polar Express!

1.15pm - gingerbread house decorated in marzipan shapes dipped in chocolate and sweets

1.20pm - gingerbread house collapsed and being held up with chilli jam

1.30pm - still raining, now watching "The Snowman".

Marzipan chocolate sweets for Jordan, Dylan and Lexi.

2.05pm - Playing The Snowman game & watching The Snowman and The Snowdog.

2.40pm - watching "A Christmas Carol".  Roman is scared and having cuddles with Anais.

N.B. been with Mark for 17 years today!

​Its stopped raining!  Watch this space!

3.00pm - it stopped raining so we were for a stroll around the lickey Hills and sprinkled the reindeer food.

We stopped off at McDonalds and was home for 5pm to eat tea and watch some of "Finding Nemo".

Cups and chilli jam removed and the gingerbread house is still standing!

6.00 - 7.00pm, carol singing at Bournville Green.  Very busy, very muddy and very cold.

The rest of the evening was spent relaxing with Fred roaring, glass of wine, some presents under the tree & Arthur Christmas on TV.  Beer, scratchings, carrot and mince pie left out for Father Christmas. Mark read us "The Night before Christmas". MERRY CHRISTMAS!