I’ve been feeling very Christmassy since we put the decorations up at the start of December. It took us a full afternoon, but it was fun blowing up all of the balloons, hanging the streamers and decorating the tree. The kids loved it. We have an artificial tree that has seen better days, and every year we say that we’re going to replace it, but we never do.
We’ve been preparing for Christmas for months – stocking up on food and drink and buying presents for family and friends. We have most of the presents now, but there are still a few left to get. (I always like to leave a few Christmas presents to the last minute in order to inject a little peril into the proceedings!)
Every Christmas we have a theme in our home, just for a bit of fun. Last year we had a Santa theme. Ben (my hubby) dressed up as Santa, I dressed up as Mrs Santa and the kids all dressed up as elves. It was hilarious. The year before, we had a horror theme and we all dressed up as monsters. This year we found it hard agreeing on a theme. Keith (my eldest son) wanted an Elvis theme – he thought it would be fun if we all dressed up as Elvis and acted like Elvis all day. Ben and I quite liked the idea, but the other kids didn’t – they wanted to have a more Christmassy theme. After a lot of discussion we arrived at the idea of having a ‘red’ themed Christmas! Don’t ask me how we started at ‘Elvis’ and arrived at ‘red’, but we did. And I’m still trying to work out if ‘red’ is more Christmassy than ‘Elvis’.
Anyway, over the past few weeks I’ve been sorting out the costumes for the kids and have just about got them sorted.
For Sarah (my youngest girl) I bought a fun ensemble comprising: a lovely little red leotard, a frothy red tutu skirt and some red pom pom tights that will go perfectly with the girls red Mary Jane shoes with patent leather double straps that her aunt Judy gave her recently.
For Simon (my youngest boy) I bought a very cute red and blue Spiderman costume from the online Disneystore. I wanted to buy him a more conventional outfit, but he had his heart set on the Spiderman costume; and if he wants to spend his Christmas dressed as Spiderman then who am I to stop him! You’re only seven once! (By the way, I wonder if Spiderman will be spending Christmas dressed as Simon?)
For Crissy (my eldest girl) I bought a gorgeous red tartan smocked dress by Sarah Louise, some red tights and some girls red and black patent shoes with a lovely bow design on the front. She loves the outfit so much that she keeps telling me how much she’s looking forward to wearing it on Christmas day. And I’m looking forward to seeing her in it!
For Keith, I bought a boys red shirt and tie set, some boys red trousers and some boys black leather shoes. I also bought him an Elvis wig, sideburns and sunglasses set so that he could have his own Elvis theme if he wanted to! He loved the present and told me that I was the best mum in the world. And you know what, he was right!
OK, I’d better sign off now – there’s still lots of stuff to do and only a few days left to do it in. Happy Christmas!
