Showing posts with label christmas 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas 2019. Show all posts

Friday, December 27, 2019

Christmas 2019

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

We had a lovely Christmas Day just the 5 of us for the first time ever. With family spread out, bush fires, work commitments and a busy year,  Christmas Day this year was a much quieter day than previous years. As we usually host Christmas, it was definitely a different vibe!


Noah began our day nice and early at 5.30am due to excitement and the need to check if Santa had been! There is nothing better than a child's happiness on Christmas morning. Bliss!





We pottered around in the morning speaking to family and wishing them a Merry Christmas, preparing lunch and the boys playing with their new gifts.

I set the table using my beautiful hydrangeas as the centrepiece. Everything else was kept pretty simple to complement them. I used my yellow gingham napkins as they hadn't been used in a while, gold chargers + cutlery and metallic crackers were the finishing touches. A shiny, festive feel.



Even though it was just the 5 of us for lunch we had all the trimmings. Turkey, pork, roast veggies and stuffing balls and of course 3 different desserts. It's not Christmas without enough food for leftovers! Mum popped over after work for a late lunch so there was plenty to go around ;)


So Christmas is done and dusted for another year. I have pulled all the decorations down already and packed them away due to our renovations, so the house is back to normal.  Although I always feel that the house looks a little bare once the Christmas decorations are down. 
It takes a couple of days to settle back into normality.

How was your day? 

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Merry Christmas!

I hope you are having a wonderful day x


Art via @jenandjennifer

Monday, December 23, 2019

Christmas Wish List x

All of our presents have been bought, wrapped and placed beneath the Christmas tree but I thought I would put together a last minute wish list just for fun :)

A lovely mix of things that would be lovely to open on Christmas morning.
I may have even bought one of them earlier as a gift to myself.
Can you guess which one?

Did you get your Christmas Wish List in early? 


Candle - Hard to Find

Perfume - Mecca

Rug - Adairs

Earrings - The Iconic

Print - Peppa Hart

Hutch - Hello Trader

Ceramic cups - Hello Trader

Grace Mothers book - The Grace Tales

Throw - Adairs

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Lately - the pre Christmas edition!


The boys have been on holidays for a few weeks now and we are getting into a slower holiday rhythm. As the countdown to Christmas is on the boys are getting VERY excited for the big day!

I thought I'd do a quick round up of a few things we've been up to lately.....

Our elves have been busy each night and give us a giggle each morning when we find them in their different activities.



I love the other Christmas touches around the house, like the cushions in the boy's bedrooms....


The circus is in town and we had a great night watching all of the circus acts,  listening to the Christmas songs and riding the dodgems, slides and having a go on the clowns.



We visited Santa while we were at the shops, the boys discussed their Christmas wish lists.



I wanted a photo with all 3 boys with Santa but everyone's schedule didn't match up.
So I improvised!


We did a little bit of baking and made some chocolate Christmas trees and fun little Christmas chocolates.




We went out one night to look at all of the Christmas lights, it's always a great way to get into the festive spirit.




Hydrangeas always say Christmas to me so I got a bunch for Christmas Day.


And on unrelated Christmas news the building work on our apartment above our garage has begun. The slab has been laid and the other work will begin in January. 



We've also been keeping up with all the bush fire news and praying for rain soon to help put out all of the fires. So thankful and appreciative for all of the hard work the fire fighters have been doing.

How have you been lately? x





Monday, December 9, 2019

Tis the season - our Christmas decorations 2019


" It's the most wonderful time of the year...."
The festive season has arrived and we've pulled out all of our favourite Christmas decorations and adorned our home with a festive feel.

It's so lovely to see the familiar ornaments each year with a few new additions thrown in.
I love to set up the tree first and fluff it, have the ornaments spread out on the table ready for the boys to help me hang them. Our tree is pre-lit so there is no Christmas light tangle to deal with!

We popped on some Christmas pj's, had the carols playing and decked the halls with faux garlands, mini christmas trees and a reindeer here and there.......


My ornament collection has been picked up over the years from Target, Big W, Adairs, Domayne, Pottery Barn and Kmart. 













Our elf Melvin returned with his own little family ready for adventures and to amuse the boys in the lead up to Christmas. Everyone is on their best behaviour!


Christmas Tree - Balsam Hill

Wreath - Balsam Hill

Garlands - Ikea

Sleigh - Target

Reindeer - The Woodsfolk

Merry + Bright banner - Kmart

Mini Christmas Trees - Kmart

Wooden Stars - Kmart

Elves - Elf on the Shelf Australia

Baby Elf - My Magical Place

Boys Christmas Pj's - Big W

Merry Christmas!

You can see last years Christmas here and here


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