It's Christmas !!

Well..not quite, but it always feels like it when the tree goes up.

I was absolutely gobsmacked at the price of real trees this year. We usually get our tree from a local farm which has a side line business this time of year with them, but even their prices had gone up. Countrywide were the worst..nearly £60 for a 6ft tree, which is already netted (so you cant really see what you are getting) !
Needless to say, I am not paying £60 for something which will last for just a few weeks.

Daniel just had to have his picture taken with Santa outside Sainsburys on Saturday. He absolutely loves Christmas, and has no problem showing it to the rest of the world. So thank you Father Christmas for making his day :P

Joseph is really starting to find his feet now - well, his tummy at least. Laurence adores him, and as this pictures shows from the way his head is blurred, he is always playing with him. It's the best kind of socialisation there is, to have a big family of differing ages. Whilst I agree that it is important for kids to learn how to get along with their peers - like in a school environment - they only have to do that for 6 hours a day. For the rest of their time, including all the ever growing holidays, and weekends, they have to mix with all ages. Allowing kids to socialise with a varied group of adults, kids, babies etc, is vital to encourage a rounded sense of society in them I think.

The kitchen is nearly there. The units are all in with doors and drawer fronts etc. But we have to wait until wednesday for the tiles to go up, so I wont be posting any pictures until then. but it looks good now, and at least I have some space to work in.

Today is tip run day. I have a multitude of bags and boxes to load the car up with and dump, and sadly, most of the stuff is non recyclable. It pains me to have to dump it all, but it's no good to anyone else (no freecycling then) and I cant even find an arts and crafts use for them either. 


Loz x