Who’s Normal Anyway?

M and I are up bright and early, but waiting for A and L to join us before we investigate what Santa has left under the tree. Happy Christmas everyone, hope you’re having a good one.

Yesterday we had a lovely day with preparations all under control, A in charge of cooking the turkey and accompaniments. We went to out favourite garden centre and bought some new Flame Tetras for our tropical fish tank. We got some lunch there and looked at the pets (L is especially fascinated by the hamsters, guinea pigs and birds).

At 4 o’clock we went out to our Church’s crib service and sang carols and listened to the nativity story being told. The altar was turned around to show the wooden frame construction of it, which had been filled with straw and lit with tiny white lights as stars. Some of the children joined in by bringing up figures to add to the nativity scene. M brought up Joseph and looked very self concious. L decided it was time he got a chair to sit on at church and played musical chairs and had to have his own carol sheet to hold during the singing LOL.

When we came home A put the veg on and then we had our Christmas dinner. We started last year with having Christmas Dinner on Christmas Eve. We usually eat in the evening plus on Christmas Day all that faffing wih the turkey and stuffing interferes with relaxing and having a special breakfast and opening some presents before going out to Church. We will have a turkey dinner with trimmings at lunch time but on a smaller scale (may even have room to eat some Christmas pud afterwards today!) and we only need to cook the veggies today.

When food had gone down somewhat the boys had a bath and put on their new Christmas PJs. I read M lots of his Jotham’s Journey Advent story book. Because yesterday was the 4th Sunday in Advent, we had 7 sections to read (split up so that in years where there are 7 days after the 4th Sunday in Advent there’s a bit to read each night). Eventually the boys nodded off so that Santa could come.

This morning I’ve cuddled up with M and read the last part of his story and now he’s watching Christmas morning TV and being surprisingly patient waiting for his brother to wake up!