December 24th 2015 - christmas eve

It's christmas eve!!!  The elves have left the kids a christmas eve box like they do every year.  In it is a craft, a dvd, a book, pjs, bubble bath, snacks, stockings and elf socks.

Not sure who is more excited me, my sister or the kids!!!   I have never known my sister to be this excited.

Her and my eldest son went to the cinema this afternoon to watch the new star wars movie and the younger 2 watched a dvd on tv and had popcorn to go with it.  Once my sis and son were home they got into their new pjs, we all had snacks for tea and watched the dvd.  They then put their stockings upstairs and all went to bed very excited!

October 10th 2015 - Christmas shoebox appeal

A few months back I picked up some fluffy socks and gloves in a sale and put them up ready for the Christmas Shoebox appeal.  Today I have sat and worked out what else we are going to put into the boxes.

The boys at infant/junior school do 1 box each as their school takes part  in it.  As with previous years we try and do 1 boy and 1 girl (and then what ever the 3rd child wanted).  I still need to buy quite a bit and need to find 2 boxes, but I still have plenty of time.

So my lists are as follows, those with line through I already have:

BOYS	GIRLS
Fluffy socks	Fluffy socks?
Bug puzzle game	Gloves & hat
Comb	Brush, Bobbles & clips
Notebook	Notebook
pens	pens
Sweets	Toothbrush & toothpaste
Gloves & hat	Skipping rope
Robot jigsaw	sweets
Toothbrush & toothpaste	Girly jigsaw
Soft teddy	Soft teddy