Getting ready for Christmas

I know it's a bit early, but we put our Christmas decorations up on Sunday. It was the last day all 3 of us had free before our big annual Christmas party this Sunday and I wanted us to do it together. K 'helped' a bit last year but this time he was able to enjoy it a lot more. He spent ages making a little tinsel nest....


... before getting to grips with the serious tree decorating. We didn't really put up many other decorations, just a few little garlands and a string of last year's Christmas cards!

Then it was time to run around with a Santa hat on, looking cute. Well, if you were K anyway...

In other Christmas preparation news, the freezer now holds 2 turkeys (just!), one for Sunday and a smaller one for Christmas Day. This year I'm sending very few presents and have ordered those for people in the UK from the Cancer Research website. I just need to get a few little things for H and K, and a couple of presents for friends around here. This week's main jobs are writing Christmas cards (I've started...) and getting ready for the party on Sunday. In addition to all the usual things to do of course...