Happy New Year!

This is the best photo I got of FB’s Christmas pjs. You’ll just have to take my work for it that there is a little square of the trouser fabric appliqued to the top. 🙂

I didn’t realise it when I bought the fabric in the summer, but the fact it has squirrels on it is so perfect for him right now, since there have been lots of squirrels raiding the bird feeders in our garden, which have given us no end of entertainment in the last couple of weeks.

My uncle and aunt surprised us on Boxing Day with an amazing nativity from Slovakia.

Up to now we haven’t had a nativity, and I really really love the style of it.

Currently the three wise men are slowly making their way across the side board.

On the 6th we’re planning to Wasail our allotment (with it’s tiny orchard) and the add the three wise men to the nativity for the night.

A fitting end to Christmas for this year.

(This is my favourite figure. I love her spotted headscarf and bread. <3)

We opted to have the small tree again this year – FB is very curious, and into everything and I felt it was better for all of us to keep the living room as toddler friendly as possible.

I love having the mixture of decorations from both my childhood and W’s:

• – the candle figures on the left of the tree are ones that I’ve grown up with
• – the rabbit was on granny’s tree and was my uncles when he was little
• – the santa next to the rabbit was occasionally on the top of the tree when I was small
• – the smaller santa is from W’s mum
• – the winter figures on the right of the tree W grew up with

The tree itself is one that my mum got for me when I was 20 and couldn’t get time off from my retail job to come home for christmas. Oooh and the angel at the top is also a family decoration from W’s side.

A lovely mixture.

(And the hippo card on the far right was designed and illustrated by W’s dad. We have a collection of them. 🙂

More tomorrow…