• Home
  • About
  • Travel
  • Fitness
  • Photography
    • Birth
    • The Story of You
  • Disclosure and Privacy
facebook twitter instagram pinterest bloglovin Email

This day I love.......

We don't really have any Halloween decorations and it came as a bit of a surprise last year that the street we have moved on to are fairly big on Halloween. In fact most houses are decorated and there is a big community spirit, which is really lovely. I guess it's down to the fact there are a lot of young children living near by. Anyway this year I wanted to start our decorations.

We headed over to Les Cadeaux. The girls picked out what they wanted to paint from the great selection and each chose a pumpkin, my eldest instructed that I had to paint a spider and her Grandma was told to paint a pig. We spent our morning painting and the girls were very well looked after with free juice and sweets.

Eldest painting
Youngest painting


Later in the week I returned to collect our glazed and finished items ready for Halloween.

Halloween decorations

My eldest decided that she did not want to dress up, after over an hour of trying on every costume in the house. My youngest however loved the opportunity to go in the 'Let's Pretend' box and she dressed up as a bee. It was the first time she wore wings and we had a moment of around 5 minutes similar to that when a dog notices its tail and runs round in circles.

bee

I finished work and picked the girls up from nursery, where they had had a Halloween party. I took them to Les Cadeaux for a Halloween party. The shop was very busy and it was so lovely to see so many people all who had dressed up. The girls were given a goody bag and a juice. My youngest spotted straight away that there were free sweets and kept helping herself

stealing sweets

My eldest sat down to paint

happy painting

Whilst my youngest got into the party spirit


The girls had a really lovely time and my eldest wants to go to the paint shop every day after nursery!

Our Halloween decorations, if I do say so myself, look fantastic

light up pumpkins

This day I love spooky going on


Share
Tweet
Pin
Share
3 comments
This post marks my 100th post.  I really wanted to do something special to mark the occasion, unfortunately both girls are very ill.  So much so that we had to cancel the birthday party we should have gone to today, and I have had to send emails to all the groups we should be attending over the next week to cancel, as we won't be able to go.  I am not looking forward to calling nursery tomorrow but that's life with small children.

Instead with the weather nice I took the girls for a walk next to the stream in the village.  I wrapped them up warm and hoped that the fresh air would do them good.  Both girls are a little irritable at the moment and sleeping at random times so I hoped the fresh air would let them have a bit of a nap and getting out of the house I find always helps too.

My youngest fell asleep within 5 minutes of us setting off and it was not long before my eldest followed.  I know my eldest is therefore ill as she will only ever day nap when poorly.  I enjoyed the walk, it was really peaceful next to the stream and J even behaved himself.

Sleep walk

When we returned home the girls stayed asleep just long enough for me to take down the decorations.  When my oldest woke up she was so upset that we had to put the tree away and kept saying Christmas coming soon.

decorations

I spent the rest of the afternoon playing with magnetic funny faces book, by top that publishing, with the girls.  The book has a selection of blank faces on which you can stick the magnetic features.  Its really good fun and the girls like to create different animals.  It also can teach them about different features different animals have.  We have a lot of fun playing with this book and the possibility of faces to create is endless.

Magnetic book
concentration














I am hoping my girls feel better soon as I really don't like to see them ill.  Its really hard as they don't understand why they feel like they do and sometimes struggle to express themselves.  I know it will be at least a week before we see any improvement.   I only hope I can keep them as comfortable as possible until they do recover.

This day I love the 100th.
Share
Tweet
Pin
Share
19 comments
My eldest has been asking 'When Father Christmas coming Mummy?' she is slowly understanding Christmas and has picked up quite a lot.  If you ask her how do we know its Father Christmas she replies ' Red Hat, Red Coat, Red Trousers, Black Boots, and White Beard.' and what does he have ' Reindeer and lots of presents for me'.  We look all around for Father Christmas every where we go, today I took the girls to meet him.

I wasn't sure what the girls would make of visiting Father Christmas.  Last year my eldest just screamed at him and she is in the phase of people dressed up scare her.  It would be a new experience for my youngest too as it is her first Christmas.  I wanted to do something a little different and so I took the girls to the National Coal Mining Museum [NCM].

The NCM is probably not the first place you would think of taking two small children to visit Father Christmas, but it was worth every penny.  I put on my hard hat which my girls looked at me with confusion and we entered the lift to the 140m mine shaft.  Down we went into the dark, the girls looked a little scared but as we sang Jingle Bells and everyone was laughing they soon cheered up.

We got to the bottom of the mine and went through some doors.  The guides and elves kept shining lights into different sections of the mine as we all looked for Father Christmas.  Another door opened into a tunnel.  This tunnel was different though and decorated.  The tunnel glowed with magic and at the end of the tunnel was a little house, Santa Grotto said the door sign.  My eldest could not believe it, we had found Father Christmas house.  My youngest was looking at everything around her all the bright glowing decorations.

We patiently waited our turn and in we went.  My eldest eyes lit up when she saw him sat on his chair.  The room was beautifully decorated like a lovely living room, complete with a coal fireplace! 'Whose that?' I asked her, 'Father Christmas' she replied with a smile.  He spoke to her and she told him she wanted 'Reindeer and Aeroplane' for Christmas.  He gave her a chocolate and a present, which she could not believe.  Just before we left he gave her some Christmas magic in her hand, and asked her to sprinkle it on his reindeer outside.

Christmas magic


The other side of the grotto was just as well decorated with a sleigh, trees and reindeer.  We all got to sit in the sleigh and then my eldest sprinkled the magic onto the reindeer.  Back we went in the lift to the surface.  My girls both got a certificate to say they had seen Father Christmas and that they are on the good list.  Each got a lovely present too.

My eldest has not stopped talking about how she has seen Father Christmas today, she had such a wonderful time.  She held her hand tightly closed until 4pm, we saw Father Christmas at 11, because she did not want to let go of the Christmas magic he had given her.  She really did have a wonderful time, its a shame we could not take any photos but the girls will have such lovely memories of their visit today.

good list


This day I love Deep Underground
Share
Tweet
Pin
Share
20 comments
My youngest has been babbling for some time now.  I have a lovely video of her singing at a few weeks old and at 3 months she would sing away to the national anthem with the Olympics.  Which was rather sweet and amusing.  Today we constructed our first attempts at words rather than the g, d, b, p sounds we got 'ba ba' which she looks at me and says.  I am hoping this will develop into ma ma soon, fingers crossed be a great Christmas present for me!

My eldest also came up with a new word today.  As we put up the rest of the Christmas decorations she was passing me items from the Christmas box and suddenly got very excited.  I looked at her and she was putting the Christmas stockings on her feet.  With the words 'Look Mummy, new Christmas shoes!' It was so sweet and she was so proud of herself.  

the girls

This day I love new words.


Share
Tweet
Pin
Share
10 comments
6 months ago we moved house and I thought I won't unpack the Christmas decorations, I don't need them yet.  Well for the past 2 weeks I have searched high and low and found most but not all the decorations.  My 2 year old has been asking non stop to put up the tree so today I decided we would.

Last year she was a little too young to help with decorating the tree but this year she loved it.  At one point all the baubles were on the same branch but she soon worked out to spread them and she decorated the tree beautifully.
Christmas tree

 She was so excited and kept saying Christmas tree Mummy.  When we went to visit her Grandma later in the day she told her all about decorating the tree.  She was a little upset tonight that I have turned the lights off on the tree, with her response of 'oh no Mummy what happened' I had to explain that I would put them on again tomorrow.

As its my youngest first Christmas I have also tried to find a few decorations/items to commemorate or personalise Christmas this year.  I would like to share a few of my favourite:

Daisy Days Design

Chloe makes some really lovely items.  Each one is hand painted and customised to your own taste.  I have ordered a really lovely Christmas Wreath from her which has taken pride of place in our hall as you walk in.  I also had to order a Santa Key, as how else will I explain to the girls when they are older how Santa gets into the house

Santa key
Not on the high street

I have ordered each girl their very own personalised Santa sack.  There are a huge variety of designs to choose from.  I was really pleased with the quality of mine and the size is great too.

My 1st Years

My 1st years have a great selection of items to commemorate most occasions.  I ordered a My 1st Christmas bauble and was really pleased with the quality of the item.  It is sure to last a lifetime.

Bags of Love

This has to be my favourite personalised piece and its a stocking.  You can personalise the front and the back.  I added an image to the front and wrote a personal message on the back.  You can even personalise the top.  Delivery is super quick.  The stocking feels very soft and is of a decent size.  

Stocking

I can not wait to see the girls faces on Christmas day and to finish decorating the house ready for Christmas

This day I love decorating



Share
Tweet
Pin
Share
2 comments
Older Posts

About me

About Me

Welcome to This Day I love.

My name is Leyla, also known as Mum to my 3 humans and dog Mum to J. I have a passion for the outdoors and love to run. I can often be found off road exploring the trails and fells and covering distances all the way up to 50 miles. As a family we love travelling and discovering new adventures, as I try and run around the world!

Follow Us

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • instagram
  • Google+
  • pinterest
  • youtube

Popular

  • Sodastream giveaway
    Sodastream giveaway
  • Lamaze toy bundle
    Lamaze toy bundle
  • Janome Sewing Machine
    Janome Sewing Machine
  • Win the ultimate potty training kit with HUGGIES® Pull- Ups®
  • Review : Personal Planner
    Review : Personal Planner
(c) thisdayilove . Powered by Blogger.

Brands



Ambassador Badge Tonka Orchard toys Hotter shoes Forests Nuby BritMums - Blogging with Integrity

Created with by ThemeXpose