Christmas at Blenheim Palace – light fantastic
We went to see the light displays, Christmas at Blenheim Palace and enjoy the light trail and the fairground rides.
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Alternative Christmas nativity play and characters
Before N was at school I often heard rumblings around this time of year, about the Christmas play. But it wasn’t always the nativity which you would expect to see. No, the nativity had been extended to encompass any type…
Mini Vanilla pyjamas for the holiday season with House of Fraser
*Ad – gifted Like many other children at Christmas, N always has new pyjamas on Christmas eve. Usually they’re Christmassy ones, but this year I’d found some brilliant blue ones with soldiers on. So when I was sent a gorgeous…
Christmas 2015 on the farm
Christmas is over for another year. It’s a bit strange because for the first time ever I’ve not worked up until Christmas eve, and will be having nearly 2 weeks off work. For me it feels like a bit of…
29 seasonal activities for an advent calendar
Last year N had a treat and had a Lego advent calendar, but I’m tight so wasn’t going to buy another one. He also had a fabric calendar that I filled with chocolate coins and slips of paper with activities…
Gifts for teachers – the norm or not?
Gifts for teachers. Do you do them or not? The last day of term before Christmas I spotted children going into school with gifts, and with horror realised that it hadn’t even occurred to me to sort a gift out. …
A steam train visit to Father Christmas in Cheltenham
We visited Father Christmas on the steam train from Cheltenham Racecourse to ‘Lapland’ with GWSR
School days – first term done and Christmas excitement
When you’ve got children, time seems to whizz past so quickly, and this half term at school has certainly done that. N’s now done 2 terms (or 1 term in my old school language) and he’s so ready for the…
A 1940s Christmas at National Trust Upton House
I recently had quite a National Trust heavy weekend. I love having membership because it just means you can pop in whenever, without needing to spend a whole day. Upton House is 5 minutes drive away from us (really I…
Christmas preparation on the farm
If the OH had his way, Christmas wouldn’t exist. To him it’s too much effort, and being on the farm, he still needs to work over Christmas. The animals still need feeding although he does try and get as much…
No sew nativity costume – make in 10 minutes
In the past (well, last year’s nursery nativity) I’ve just gone and bought a nativity costume because I just don’t have the time to sew, find patterns, spend a fortune on material and then have it end up looking stupid. …
