Friday 24 December 2010

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 Smiley

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! Smiley

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'!

4 comments:

  1. Zo lief, die handgeschreven brieven aan Father Christmas! Hele fijne dagen!

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  2. Dat ziet er gezellig uit, fijne dagen..

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  3. Ja hoor, het zusje van jouw engel hangt, dicht in de buurt van die giga-kitcherige eiffeltoren met kerstkrant om z'n hals :-) Onze boom is sinds we kinderen hebben altijd kermis, hoera! Hele fijne dagen -x-

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  4. Wij hebben onze boom sinds een uur in huis, sneeuwstorm getrotseerd. Brrrr. Zoontje gaat de boom versieren maar ik hoop stiekem dat ie niet geïnteresseerd is ;-). Merry Christmas x

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