Furby love

 Emily LOVES the Furby Santa brought her for Christmas. Every time I look at her she is either carrying it around, talking to it, feeding it or giving it hugs and cuddles. The other day she was playing a game on the computer and Furby was there too, right in front of the screen. when I asked what she was doing she said "I'm letting my Furby play the game and made a character for him, he's really good at it". I know Santa had his doubts about giving her one of these, I'm so glad he did. Yes, Furby definitely is her little buddy.

Emily's daffodils

Today when we went shopping Emily's eyes immediately fell on these little daffodils. She begged us to buy her one and since she had just received a gold certificate in school for brilliant work and behaviour I couldn't resist. As soon as we came home we found the perfect place for it, the window sill in her room. I think it looks pretty perfect there next to her little duck.  

 

I love that she can get excited about something as little as a flower. She can't wait for the little buds to open and I've got a feeling it will be the first thing she checks on when she gets up in the morning.

Far away pen pal

   When I picked Dylan up from school yesterday he was all excited. He had gotten a letter from a girl who lived ALL the way in Australia. Last year his class started sending letters to kids in a school over there and after a long wait they finally got a reply. I cannot tell you how happy he is with having a far away pen pal. I told him how when I was in year 4 I had a pen pal who lived all the way in Australia too, my cousin Sam, and how we used to write letters to each other all the time. At that point Dylan's smile got even bigger and he hugged me and said  "oh mummy, we are alike in so many ways". My heart just melted . He's such a sweet boy and he is right you know, we are very alike.

Christmas in Belgium

We spend our Christmas with family in Belgium. We hadn't been back in a while and it was so nice to see everyone again and catch up with family and friends. I really miss them. The kids were very excited of course. One worry though.... would Santa know we were at grandad's house in Belgium?   Christmas eve is traditionally the night presents get given out in Belgium, so we gave the kid presents from us and the family. Some of the things they got were Playmobil, painting by numbers, Barbie, Lego and a remote control helicopter.  They LOVED all their new toys.  

  After presents the kids went up to bed...but not before tracking Santa to see how close he was to delivering their goodies of course. They were so excited!   Christmas day we were woken up early by their excited voices and they quickly ran down to see if Santa had filled their stockings and brought them their most wished for toy...a Furby.  

  I guess Santa decided they were in the good book and their new Furbies were delivered. Lucky kids!   I loved their faces as they were emptying their stockings and discovering all their surprises. Dylan's stocking included some Moshi Monster top trump cards, a new movie, pyjama's and some cases for his Wii remotes. Emily got some Sylvanian families, bracelets, hair clips, bath bubbles, lip gloss and some Hello kitty body spray and lotion. It was all very cute.  

 

 

 

 

  They are at such a magical age right now...wish they could stay like that forever.  

Look who's nine

 Last month Dylan turned nine (nine!!!!). I still can't believe how fast he's growing up, I'm sure he was just a baby, then I blinked and now he's a handsome nine year old. Wish I could somehow slow down time a bit... His birthday was on a Monday so we decided to have his party over the weekend. He loved the idea because that meant he was able to celebrate for two full days. Saturday we all went up to Winter Wonderland in London. We visited the circus which both kids loved, took them on some of the rides and visited the ice sculptures. It was a magical day. Sunday we had some of his best friends around for a pizza and Wii party, followed by a visit from his grandad, uncles, aunts and cousins. He had an amazing birthday weekend, he sure is one lucky nine year old and we all love him very very much.

 

Get excited for Christmas: ten favorite pins

 

Hello hello all my lovelies, I don't know about you but I've been starting to get excited for Christmas. I've been pinning like crazy these last few days and my Pinterest board is full of amazing ideas, recipes and crafts to make the holidays very special this year. Over the next few weeks I'm going to start organising and ofcourse share it all with you. For now let me show you ten of my favorites and lets get excited for Christmas together!  

via Peanut butter reindeer cookies? Yes please. Not only do they look super cute, I bet they also taste amazing.  

via What a great idea to bake brownies in a cookie cutter shape! Not quite sure if they would come out ok...but I guess you can always give them as a present, just like that.  

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I love presents that are wrapped up beautifully and these are

just perfect.

 

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Some pretty cushions to give your home a festive touch.

I do wish I could sew, I would totally make these!

 

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These little pinecone elves are just so cute. I might attempt to

make a few of these with the help of my very own little elves.

I'm pretty sure they would enjoy that very much.

 

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I love this advent calendar idea, this would look really sweet

on one of my bookshelves.

 

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I've said it before and I'll say it again...I wish I could sew! Isn't this

just the most amazing stocking EVER!! I want one.

 

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I love the simplicity of this Christmas wreath. Wouldn't

mind at all if it was hanging on my door.

 

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I'm sure many of you will have these little guys pinned as well.

I never got round to making them last year but I will this year and I can't

wait see my kids faces when I present them their snowman icecream treat!

 

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Another snowman but this time of the hot chocolate variety.

One of our Christmas traditions is sipping hot chocolate and eating

cookies while decorating the tree. The other day I found some marshmellow

shaped snowmen and I can't wait to use them now.

 

So there you have it, ten of my favorite Christmas pins.

Want to see some others?

You can follow my "t'is the season to be jolly" board here.

 

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

 

 

London shenanigans.

  I know I know...I've been a real blog slacker. I just can't seem to find the time these days and I know some of you were asking about my London trip. So without further ado... LONDON   I'm so happy I had to renew my passport and go all the way to London for this. It gave me an excuse to meet up with one of my besties. You know what, I would have been so lost without her there. Luckily she knows her way around this great city!   First stop was the Belgian Embassy...getting all the passport stuff over and done with only took about ten minutes so plenty of time for us to wander around, catch up and take loads of silly photos. You ready for the photo dump of the century? Here we go.   We walked past Piccadilly

 

We had lunch in a Japanese restaurant and the food was to die for! I seriously wish I could have some of that right now.  

  Eating noodles with chopsticks proved to be a bit of a challenge...  

  Oh, we also passed the Ferrari shop and I decided I HAD to have a photo taken...I mean, why wouldn't I make my husband super jealous about the fact I got to sit on an actual formula 1 Ferrari.

  I also came across a very handsome pirate...sure I've seen him before though!  

  So once we were done taking photos posing with fast cars, food and toys we decided it was time to get serious  

  Yes, that is us being serious. She'll love that I posted this photo of course, but then that is the good friend that I am.   Sadly soon after that it was time for us to part so with a hazelnut latte in hand we said goodbye and both hopped on our trains back home.   You want to know something exciting though?   This weekend we are meeting up again!! AND we are also seeing another bestie... one that was really missed while we were in London, so much so we made a replacement  

  yes...she was REALLY missed! Hahaha.   Have a great Tuesday my friends  

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