lottieloola is 12!

lottie got given money for her birthday so we met grandma in brighton and she took us to bhs for a fry-up

opening gifts

captain macaroni scores again!

ahh

after much trekking around the shops, this is lottie's haul...disney store, lush and cyber candy

no cake this year, just (just?!) a dozen krispy kreme donuts!

and she couldn't contain her excitement any longer

happy birthday baby

happy st nicholas day!

guess who came last night?? yep st nicholas!

ellie didn't get a stick

and neither did lottie!

just chocolate and lovely stuff

jaunty jug!

found this in a charity shop for £1.50 and am utterly in love...how cute?! perfect for egg nog!

st nicholas crafts

this is a felt st nicholas and a felt black peter

we sewed features onto 2 pieces of felt the same colour/size for the faces then sewed them together...we added a beard to the bottom with white marabou feather for st nicholas and some lace for black peter for his ruffle....we then sewed a cross onto st nicholas' mitre hat on both sides, then sewed them together but inserted the face into the bottom of the mitre to join together...for black peter we sewed together a hat and added a feather and inserted his face whilst sewing up....used the loose ends of thread to make a loop to hang

festive cereal!

this image caught my eye whilst grocery shopping and i thought to myself "looks a lot like a norman rockwell"...it wasn't until closer inspection that they have actually used a norman rockwell print!

AND they have put clement c moore's "twas the night before christmas" poem on the side!

rah for kellogs!

gingerbread cottage

lottie saved her pocket money to buy this cute little kit for £5

she assembled and iced it herself

chose the sweets

made it look all pretty

letters to father christmas

as is tradition in our house, we do letters to the big man on december 1st on the fire (the german way)

there is a 50s thang going on here

dogs feature a lot

can't have number 2 without number 3

the letters fly up the chimney to the north pole, float down f.c's chimney and then magically reform for him to read and reply

we also had smores afterwards and listened to jum reeves christmas vinyl album...old school!