Ripper Christmas

This Christmas was lovely. It was our first Christmas as a family of four. It was a really special time and great to spend it with our loved ones.

Boy #1 is 2.5 so is now plenty old enough to know what all the fuss is about. Although, he is a bit afraid of the big man in the red suit. He strictly told me that 'Santa is not allowed in my house Mum.' And then instructed me that the protocol would be as follows:

• Santa to ride up our street on the sleigh
• Reindeers eat the food that we left out for them on the driveway
• I meet Santa on the footpath and tell him what good boys I have
• Santa to hand over the gifts to me and I must take them inside and put them safely under the tree

Everything went to plan and Santa delivered two lovely gifts for each of the boys. Alas, boy #1 did not get the Lightening McQueen skateboard that he'd be hankering for. Santa said he was a bit little for that this year (but was quick to add that boy #1 is a VERY BIG boy).

Boy #2 is not so big, only 8 weeks old at Christmas. He still had a great day and much to boy #1's delight, Santa delivered #2 a Percy of his very own.

This year the Mr delivered. Big time. He took boy #1 on a journey across town and bought me a beautiful salad bowl and salad servers. Very very spoilt. The bowl is pictured above with a lonely grapefruit from the market. The macro pic is my favourite section of the bowl.

Want to know a sure fire way to get more salads into your diet? Buy yourself a gorgeous salad bowl.

Lola Lola Lola!

This is what I got for Mother's Day! Plus I got a lovely cuddle from my wriggly little boy and a drink bottle holder for my bike. Oh and chocolates too. And flowers from my mum and another bunch from my SIL. And a Red Hot Poker plant from my MIL. How lucky is this mummy?

I love this Charlie and Lola book. It stars Lola of course. Lola is my hero. I luuurve her. She is so kind hearted and hilarious. She jumps right in where others might stand back.

In the book, Lola makes pink fairy cakes and long time readers of my blog (yeah I know, I've only been blogging for like 5 minutes) will know that I LOVE pink cupcakes. LOVE THEM!!

The Mr and the boy also took me to Apte for breakfast. How is this for fate? My favourite soup of all time is mushroom. I cannot get enough of it and for some strange reason, cafes do not seem to feature it on the menu often. But today it was the special at Apte! Yummmmm. It was delicious.

And to top off a perfect day, we got a pink cupcake for takeaway. I'm eating it now with a cup of Orange Pekoe. Perfect.

p.s. I've decided not to call the hubby DH. Could be misconstrued for dick head. So he will now be referred to as Mr.