…the mutterings of Mummy Sellars…
Santa's now all gone and it's burst our bubble. We've had our fair share of dry runs at this conversation, but I still wasn't prepared for Luke storming into the dining room (where we were enjoying coffee & this epic cake to celebrate Dad's birthday) brandishing a tiny, well packed bag of soot-smeared notes to … Continue reading Ho-ho, we’re in trouble…
...I think they get a bad press, Christmas letters. There's little I love more than opening a nice fat handwritten envelope and finding a card and a letter (preferably with photographs too!) inside, or getting an email from a friend which has more paragraphs than will fit in the preview window! I make a cuppa … Continue reading The Christmas Letter…
This is a household brimming with Christmas delight - given an injection of excitement this week when Santa visited the boys' school by helicopter*. We open the season by putting up the advent calendars for the boys, made & stocked each year by a wonderful Fairy Godmother. On the last evening in November, the Christmas … Continue reading ‘Tis the season…
Well, hello! It's been a while, so how about a cuppa and a catch up? Luke and I are playing Gooey Looey*, so you'll have to bear with me if I shriek when the brain pops out... Aside from a quick trip to the GP with Joel on Christmas morning**, we had a gentle day. … Continue reading Fancy a cuppa & a catch up?
We live with a little chatterbox. I don't know where he gets it from (my parents may tell you it is retribution for my own childhood chatter...but you can't believe everything they say). From the moment he wakes, til the moment he finally drifts off to sleep, he keeps up a constant narrative to his … Continue reading It’s Chriiiiiiistmas….!
Every Sunday, on the way to and from church in Belfast, we pass this post box. It's not very exciting, is it? But this post box has a special place in my heart. It's the first thing I saw each morning for 4 years when I opened my bedroom curtains. It's where I regularly posted … Continue reading The more things change…
In my new normal, I'm extremely behind with life admin. So Advent totally snuck up on me this year. We have a family tradition, you see. Joel's Godmother sends treats for the Advent Calendars she handmade for the boys when they were tiny. They stay in the parcel til 30 November, when we put the … Continue reading Advent…what are we waiting for?
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