Thursday, December 6, 2012

Christmas is Coming

The house all lit up
At the weekend it was time to open the boxes of Christmas decorations and to set about making the house looking festive.  We have miles of exterior lights so next year we may really go for it.  It took most of the day to put up the exterior lights and Hannah and Rayna were a real help holding the ladder when needed.

The tree inside
Inside the house the brand new Christmas tree take pride of place next to the window.  the kids had great fun decorating.  Tyler was especially happy, when he ran out of ornaments he went on to use some of his toys under the tree.  First of all his cars then planes then finally they were joined by Buzz Lightyear and Woody.  They looked so good we decided to keep them there.  We also were able to add the decoration we bought in Scotland last year.  
Tyler adds his own ornaments under the tree
Just a few more weeks of school and we're all set for Santa to come calling!  Although if Tyler had his way he'd eat all of the chocolates in his advent calender to make it come quicker.
Our family ornament

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Central Christmas Parade

Getting ready for the parade to pass
 So its the time of year for the Central Christmas parade.  This year we met up with Chelsea and Josh with Braydon.  Tyler was with his dad for the weekend (much to Braydons disgust).
It's not Christmas till you've seen the Coca-Cola truck
 As always much candy was thrown and caught as well as several nice toys, that the kids managed to get.  As an added bonus Chelsea decided to treat us all with some of her latest dance moves (watch the video) ;0)

 
Cheering for beads / candy