Saturday 21 December
Daisy's new favourite game on the 'Pad' is Endless Alphabet, which is a great spelling game, although some of the words are maybe a bit advanced for a three-year-old - ruckus, gargantuan, hilarious... :)
Sunday 22 December
For the last four Mondays I've been going to choir practices at church to learn a couple of songs to be performed at the carol service tonight. We decided that as the service was 18:30 - 19:30, Daisy could stay up a bit late and come to watch, and she was brilliant! Jessica came as well, and the two of them were so well behaved. Daisy even stood up with her book and joined in with the choir when we were performing our pieces!
Monday 23 December
Each year since Daisy was born, Grandpa has arranged for Father Christmas to send her a letter. This year was the first year she really started to understand about Father Christmas and she loved reading through his letter to her with Grandpa!
Tuesday 24 December
Jen arrived yesterday and we made a gingerbread house with her in the afternoon. Today it was time to decorate it, and we all had lots of fun doing it :).
Wednesday 25 December
Merry Christmas! So many nice photos from today that I couldn't choose just one. We had a fantastic day, with Nanna, Grandpa and Jen first thing, then we were joined at lunchtime by Nanny and Grandad, then by Katherine, Mark, Jess, Finn, David, Lou and Eloise at around 16:00, whereafter we had Christmas dinner for fifteen. Father Christmas bought Daisy a little piano with a microphone attached, which didn't become at all annoying when three kids all wanted to play it/sing into it at once... :).
Thursday 26 December
My first foray into the Next sale today… I'd never understood people who get up at 05:00 on Boxing Day to abandon their family and go and spend money on things they don't need, but I'd had my eye on a few things in Next for a while, plus I had been given vouchers for Christmas and my birthday, and we've just spent all our money on a house so we're broke and can't afford to shop full-price now, so when Jon went on his annual clothes shopping trip this morning, I went with him. It really wasn't all that bad - I found the things I'd been wanting to buy, and they were all half price, plus I got a load of stuff for Daisy in a range of sizes, plus we were home before anyone got out of bed so we weren't missed :). I bought Daisy this bobble hat, which she insisted on wearing when she came in the bedroom at 07:30. Pyjamas, bobble hat and iPad - a good look, I think…
Friday 27 December
Today we went to Snape Maltings, home to the eponymous Concert Hall founded by Benjamin Britten and also a lovely array of independent shops and restaurants. We spent some time looking at driftwood sculptures, which were beautiful, if a bit expensive. This was Daisy's favourite one.