DWZI / this week i saw...

our christmas tree appear - finally!

the kids & i bought it at a farm nearby, where they charge you a fortune

but that doesn't matter

they serve a cup of mulled wine with it........ just the ticket!

we took it home & decorated it

i know these things are kitsch, of course

but for some reason i like to do this sort of thing in style

at the very least there has to be a colour theme

this year i decided on blue, purple & silver

hmm. last year i managed

but try that with a 4- and a 5- year old

how could i possibly refuse when they looked at me with those big blue eyes, pleading to add:

eldest's art work from her birthday party;

youngest's art work from his little school

oma's hand made bauble

my own oma's tiny little magic neverending book, which she went out & bought for us herself, despite her age and immobility, at a christmas market

and best of all, the tractor and blocks

oh well - it's christmas, after all

the nice thing was - i also came across this in my box with christmas decorations:

a little angel

a present from her

she bought it for me when we were in paris last year

this angel has a brother or sister

who i suspect lives in her tree at present

so now our christmas tree is ready

look at those presents - not everything is quite there yet
the postie cannot get to our house because of the snow
he has about 80% of all the christmas presents i bought
(i do this sort of thing online)

but at least here there is no premature unwrapping of gifts! yes you know who i mean!

finally the stockings needed to go up - oma made them - and lists needed to be written for Father Christmas

my girl would really like a Father Christmas hat

my boy saw me gift-wrapping a book for his cousin

'sharing' and 'generosity' don't really feature in his vocabulary

so now he's asking for

the same book

oh well. at least they've both written 'please'!