pre-Christmas things

At the Sunday Farmer's Market in Dun Laoghaire.

With Isaac in the playground.

With Jacqueline in the People's Park!


Peekaboo :)

By the fountain.

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At Malachy and Anita's Winter Solstice Party!

Our host: Malachy (Senior!)

Oscar!

Pirate Lorcan (happy to be dressed up by the bigger kids at the party!)

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Home-made Christmas goodies that we made as Xmas gifts -and some to keep (ahem, scoff ourselves) too!-

·amaretti

·chocolate and almond biscotti

·mazapanes

·and a cool new cookie jar to put them in!

Xmas preparations around the house!

*This year we changed up our traditional Advent calendar surprises. Instead of chocolate sweeties, we received daily messages from Father Christmas!

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Visiting Santa and the Christmas Fair held at the kids' school!

Once again, Mummy and Daddy helped to get Santa's Grotto ready for the big event :)

*the boys brought Santa their letters and gave them to him in person!

The look kind of daunted by the whole experience, don't they?!

Lorcan woke up from his nap just in time to get a hug from Santa!

And receive his pressie!

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We decorated our house with Christmas lights and put up our Christmas tree. That's the spirit!