Last weekend H still seemed a bit under the weather. The virus he’d had over the last few weeks had reasserted itself again. I think the last week of a long term had just been a bit much and the virus was able to fight back a little. The occasional sofa nap was taken; his appetite was a bit depressed; and H was often asleep before his official lights out time of 8pm.
As Christmas approached though, the excitement built; adrenaline kicked in; and the sheer joy of being 5 at this time of year seemed to be enough to conquer the bug. H excitedly scoffed the last chocolates on his Simpsons advent calendar; added the baby Jesus to the nativity scene; and helped make mince pies as a treat for Santa. Here he is checking out the last windows on the cbeebies online advent calendar.
On Christmas Eve I pulled the health and safety card out of the pack. There was no way that I was expecting Santa to walk across a toy strewn carpet to reach H’s stocking. It was time to tidy up and in any case it would mean we’d have plenty of clear floor space for playing with new Christmas presents. H threw quite a big strop, but once he accepted his fate, he made a good job of tidying up and did it willingly enough.
On Christmas morning we were woken at 5.30 by an excited H. We held out for half an hour, but at 6am we let H open his Christmas stocking. Here he is sporting his Angry Birds hat and matching gloves made for him courtesy of the talented Gifted Goodies. There were lots of little goodies there and after breakfast he moved onto the rather large pile of gifts under the Christmas tree. It was a roughly 50:50 Lego and Playmobil (Future Planet) Christmas with a few sets of each. Books and Transformers got a look in too, plus a few DVDs.
Any 5-year-old is going to be very keen to get his Christmas presents up and running. Gone though are the days of assembling presents ahead of Christmas Day as half the fun for H is taking part in the building process (he’s quite an engineer). So Daddy and Uncle Roger both had to help with the construction of Playmobil and Lego vehicles and bases.
On Boxing Day we went to Granny’s house and stayed overnight. H was thrilled to find another set of presents there and as always he enjoyed Granny’s food. The problem was that Daddy seemed to have caught H’s bed and on the day we were due to leave, he didn’t make it out of bed until immediately before we left. Once home he retreated back to bed.
Construction continued at home with Mummy acting as engineering consultant rather than Daddy. Friday saw us taking a trip to a soft play centre to burn off some energy and to give Daddy a bit of peace. Daddy had planned a poker game on Thursday evening and we were both going out on Friday. The game was off and I went out without him (at least we didn’t need a babysitter, I suppose).
Sounds like you have all hd a lovely Christmas week and that H was well again just in time! Congratulations on a year of 366 and Happy New year to you all.
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coombemill recently posted..Silent Sunday / Project 52
Someone had lots of fun! Thanks for the mention. X
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Michelle Willis recently posted..Gifted Goodies – An Update.
Awww what a lovely week that was Erica I have so enjoyed reading yours each week. I love how you mention about pulling the health and safety card out often pack for Father Christmas!! Classic line! It looks like H had a brilliant Christmas and I am glad his being a bit poorly went away when it mattered the most.
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poor h & r – at least you didnt get it. We’ve managed to stay bug free so far. I love the health & safety line, i’ll have to use that next year!
I’m so glad that he was better for Christmas! It was a horrible virus and the boys are still a bit lacklustre Christmas! We didn’t have much Lego this year as the boys prefer their electronics and football kits now but I quite miss the Xmas day building! Well done for keeping up with the project I think we have all done so well. Are you carrying on?
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Nikki Thomas recently posted..366 Project – Week 52
Thanks Nikki – Yes I think so, but perhaps a little less structured. I’d like to do the same sort of post, but call it a Project 52 rather than 365. So weeks there would be 7 photos or even more and others just a few. I think it’s a great achievement for us all that managed it. I started doing it without really thinking about it before I started, but I’m so glad I did.
Erica recently posted..Week 52 Project 366
Glad he conquered his bug in time, looks like a great time was had.
Emma recently posted..Silent Sunday
Well done for doing the 366! Glad that H conquered the bug for Christmas and sounds like you had a great day. I hope Daddy gets better soon now.
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Rollercoaster Mum recently posted..Silent Sunday
Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas. Lovely photos
Glad that H got better in time for Christmas. He did a good job of tidying up!
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Sue Tyler recently posted..#Project366 Blwyddyn newydd dda
Lovely photos and good to hear he was better in time for the big day.
Well done on completing the year
onedad3girls recently posted..#Week52 #366
Glad to hear H recovered well and you all had a lovely Christmas!
great tidying up job, and what a generous boy you have sharing his bug with daddy. I love the H&S card as well and what a convenient place to have a chimney. well done on completing as well
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Elaine Livingstone recently posted..Project 366 365/366
I like your thinking on health and safety for Santa! I’m going to have to use that one next year
Hope H is feeling better now. Happy New Year. Well done on completing Project 366 x
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donna bird recently posted..Sunday 30th December 2012 ‘Matching PJ’s’ (365/366)
sounds like you had a lovely time, glad everyone got healthy! x
northernmum recently posted..A vibrator, satanic secretary and spreading the love….
Great photos and glad you were all ok this week x
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