And just like that we’re in the countdown to Christmas. Puff and Huff have had some holidays, and are counting down eagerly to post-Christmas camp (and maybe to Christmas. There was a brief mention of concern about how few presents are under the tree so far).
Part of visiting people this time of year involves bringing gifts, and at the moment we’re bringing gingerbread houses. Dad separated out the mixes lollies by colour, which helped bring a certain order to the decoration.
Sunday Dad and the kids went for a walk, and we ended up at the swings. The kids seem so big on the swings now, it’s clear that we are counting down until they’re too big to want to play in playgrounds anymore.
Mum started teaching Huff how to cross-stitch. She’s not ready to do it independently for fun yet, but she enjoyed the lesson. You can see how much she wants to understand it.
Sunday night we watched “Elf” and ate something that Dad had prepared for dinner (the plating was an attempted octopus).
Monday the kids went out with Mum (and even visited Dad at work for a little while). There was lots of waiting involved, but they acquitted themselves well. Huff’s self-assigned holiday project is to write a book: The Angry Birds and the Cake. She’s going to be working on it for a while.
Puff was more in a paper-folding kind of mood (waiting for a chance to play screens, most likely).
Mum took Huff and Puff to a colouring-in place, where Huff sat in their castle for colouring.
Puff managed to sweet-talk his way into some screen time while his sister coloured.
Next time, Christmas updates!