My lovely husband offered to wash up even though he cooked dinner so I’m earlier than usual with my ‘weekly favourites’ post. It’s been a great week – busy but not stressful – and even though there are only nine (!!) days until Christmas I feel quite organised and in control (a definite first for me!). So without further ado here is the roundup I know you’ve all been waiting for!
1. I finished off the last Christmas shopping this week and of course no trip into town is complete without a Gingerbread latte at Starbucks to keep the energy levels up.
2. Cameron’s school Christmas concert was a delight: the children looked angelic and sang so beautifully it almost brought a tear to my eye!
3. Casper was not to be outdone and sparkled as Roman in his school nativity the following day.
4. As I mentioned in my last post we have put up all the Christmas decorations and I’m already dreading taking them down in the new year. January and February are my least favourite months and the house always seems so dark and dreary when the Christmas lights are packed away.
5. The little nativity set is a favourite with the children who love playing with it and moving the figures around. I don’t mind as long as it all stays on the mantlepiece!
6. The Christmas tree has a real mix of old, new and homemade decorations. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but there’s plenty of time for an immaculate tree when the children have grown up.
7. We went to a 1960s theme party last night so I wore false eyelashes for the very first time. Luckily my friend was on hand to help with hair and makeup as I think I would have struggled to glue them on by myself.
8. All ready to go in my 60s dress bought on eBay for £20! I didn’t take any pictures at the party but there were some fabulous costumes, includng Twiggy, Audrey Hepburn and the 1966 World Cup winning England football team.
9. After last night’s party a lazy Sunday was in order. I’m trying to make more of an effort to sped one-to-one time with the boys so Cameron and I went to the cinema this afternoon to see the new Disney film Frozen (and I managed to not fall asleep!).
Hope you all have a fantastic Sunday evening! X
A Spoonful of Style 
Lovely photos. You look stunning!
I love Cameron’s crown and these little angels !
Agree that when everything is packed away the house seems somehow empty…
It is the time of the year that I buy all the time fresh flowers to compesate it and dream of Spring.xx
Thank you. Yes flowers are good to add a bit of decoration to the house. Last year I left the advent stars up all of January but it didn’t feel right somehow. X
I love your black and white outfit!!
Emory
Thank you! Ebay can be very hit and miss but I was pleased with it. I think I can even wear it to ‘normal’ (ie not 60s) parties. X
So much fun preparing for christmas and new year… I wish you and your family great celebrations… Barbara
Thank you. Same to you my dear. X
beautiful photos, your kids are so cute!
have a great holiday!
xoxo Vera & Rony
Thank you x
I’m planning to take the kids to see Frozen over Christmas break. I’ve been hearing lots of great things about it.
Love the tree! 😉
They will love it. I haven’t been too impressed with some of the kids’ movies we’ve seen recently but this one we both enjoyed 🙂
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Good morning and have anice week ahead. I ‘ve got something for you.xx
Thank you! What a lovely idea, I will respond to the questions as soon as I get a chance. xx
Happy Monday! Lovely photos as always! Just letting you know I nominated you for the Shine On award. http://donzwebb.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/shine-on-award/
Thank you so much! Things are really manic here with Xmas preparations and I just started a new job last week but hope to make more time for blogging in the new year. Xxx
You’ve been doing great with the blogging! Congrats on the new job! I just started one last week as well and it’s been insane!
I swear we’re living the same life on opposite sides of the Atlantic. I also DREAD January and February. The months are long, dark and there is always so.much.snow!
I know, I’m trying not to think about it…Those months always seem so long as well. I think the answer would be a nice long holiday somewhere sunny but unfortunately our budget doesn’t stretch to that at the moment…X
What a fabulous, festive week. Kudos to you for not passing out during a Disney film, haha!
Thank you! Yes I was quite proud of myself for staying awake! X
You’re way ahead of me! Slowly sinking of London… xxxx
Hang in there! You’re hosting Christmas at your house as well so your to-do list is probably ten times as long as mine. We have only hosted once and it was a real struggle…xxx
Hope you had a lovely Tuesday! I nominated your blog for the Blog of the Year Award 2013! I really enjoy your posts and I’m excited to see what 2014 brings! Keep up the amazing blogging.:) – Donna
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Thank you! That is so exciting! And congratulations on your nomination – thoroughly deserved! X
Thanks sooo much! And you’re welcome…I enjoy following your blog!