The Fantastic Day

It's been a legotastical kind of day. Inspired by the late arrival of Christmas gifts for the boys who immediately set to building their new models. Bean determined to complete it solomio, did just that and Pumpkin giving it a good go but lost enthusiasm half way through so i completed it for him. Lego continued as the postman brought the latest addition of the Lego magazine and the boys set to completing mazes and planning new lego models inspired by the magazine whilst we ate lunch. 

We set to take advantage of a dry clear spell this afternoon but barely got five metres from our front door before disharmony struck. Bean and Pumpkin disagreeing over who was going to ride in front and the longer we stood and discussed it, the colder we got and the more frayed the tempers became we returned home after an unsuccessful outing. Bean and Plum were disappointed, Pumpkin was not, but i had to leave it that tomorrow daddy would be home and we could accomodate both those who wanted to stay home bound and those who chose to venture out (weather permitting.)

Pumpkin and I made Rudolph cakes today, his idea. He washed his hands in preperation and then listed all the things that we needed for cake making and observed that we always measure the same amount for each ingredient. 

Bean and I unpacked Plum's Sylvannian sets today, with her looking on and playing with the pieces as we went. He used the pictures on the boxes to recreate the same scene in the doll's house. 

Plum has been trying out some new vocabulary, 'minecraft' and 'hat' have been clear repeated favourites today.

And in between all this i managed to put away two weeks worth of clean laundry (no easy task) and began to think about our plans for January. Feeling very relaxed and motivated after the Christmas festivities but enjoying the new home vibe, which might be a good thing as the weather forecast for next week is stormy.