Christmas Gifts

Eve and Daddy looking at the reindeer after a visit to see Father Christmas

With only a few days to go until Christmas, I collected Eve from nursery on Friday night and was given a Christmas bag that Eve had 'helped' to make.

The Christmas card is very cute, but it was the homemade calendar that really brought memories flooding back. I had completely forgotten how we used to make these at various points through childhood. I remember bringing them home from primary school for my mum. What a great blast from the past. I'm so glad that little things like this that are still made in the education system.

A real treat for me this week was when I put Eve into the bath - she signed 'bath' (rub/pat both hands on your chest as if you are washing), which was just brilliant. She's also doing really well with the 'walker'. The nursery staff told me that Eve and some of the other kids who are learning to walk are often pushing their chairs around the room in place of a walker - clever things!

She's still waking up during the night-time, however often it is due to coughing. Her illness is still slightly lingering. But generally she's doing much better with sleep. Still as yet to ween her off milk during the night-time. Thinking of perhaps trying it over the Christmas holidays but we'll see...

Walking past Santa's workshop

Today we went to Whitehall Garden Centre to see Father Christmas in his grotto. As our car isn't working we got the bus, which was quite a mission but we got there eventually, thanks to the help of some nice old people.

To be expected, as soon as Daddy passed Eve to Father Christmas so that she could sit on his lap for a photo she burst into tears and looked fairly terrified. We found it amusing of course.

It was fun walking through 'Lapland'. Eve enjoyed looking at the twinkling lights whilst having tickle time with Dad. She chose musical keys as her present from Santa. We were both happy to get home and were quite exhausted, but it was a lovely thing to do and I'm glad we made the effort. Next stop Christmas Eve, choo choo!!