Make A Wish

Firstly for today's blog I have some pictures taken of little Holly wearing some cute little "I Love Dad" slippers and hat which she got as a present on Boxing Day.

I love Dad slippers to keep her little tootsies warm.

And her little "I Love Dad" hat.

 

On Boxing Day this year we had a lot of the family around to have a get together, exchange some presents and generally have some fun. For the first time this year we also had a flying visit from some of our Norfolk relatives as Auntie Chris, Steve and Layla came down en route to their vacation in Morocco. So little Holly got to have a lot more cuddles and meet some other members of the family. Chris seemed to really enjoy seeing the baby and even had time to give her a bottle feed and burp before flying off.

Auntie Chris meets Holly for the first time and gives her a bottle feed.

With the Norfolk folk visiting we had some 20 people in the house (which was a record for me) and needless to say the living room was rammed solid when it came to exchanging presents. Holly seemed to be passed around a bit like pass the parcel and the boys were buried somewhere in the middle of the room amongst bag loads of presents.

I think I need a bigger living room.

Both the boys were very disciplined this year and waited patiently as everyone took it in turn to open a present. Of course there were a few people trying to jump the gun or start unwrapping the next present ahead of their turn!!! 

Joshua and Brandon dive into their present bags.

Brandon readies his next present as the Hulk (aka Uncle Michael) opens one.

No more waiting and Brandon tears into another present.

Little Holly meets her 3rd cousin Layla.

Layla tucks into one of her presents whilst Auntie Chris enjoys her Holly cuddle.

Little Brandon gets lost as he dives into his present bag.

I think this might be the first picture of Holly having a cuddle with Uncle Michael. Love the little Minnie Mouse outfit.

One of the activities for every Boxing Day is to pull our giant cracker. This usually turns into a bit of a frenzied free for all with the smart people laying on the floor below the cracker to collect all of the goodies.

Everyone gets around the giant cracker ready to pull it. You can just about see Joshua lurking underneath.

Josh and Brandon are buried in there somewhere......will we ever see them alive again?

The boys and Holly were both very spoilt again on Boxing Day and by far they had the most presents out of everyone. Everything from new bedding sets, clothes, toys and pyjamas were bestowed upon them and giving me the headache of finding homes for everything. The boys both got matching Skylander pyjamas which look and fit great.

Ready for bed in their new Skylander pyjamas.

Another first for this year as I allowed Joshua and Brandon to pull the turkey wish bone for the first time. They tried just little pinkies to start with but didn't quite have the strength to snap the bone. So they end up with a full fist grip on each side and ultimately it was Joshua who came up trumps. He has made his wish and not told a single person what he wished for.

Getting ready to pull the wish bone with their little pinkies.

The wish bone just didn't want to snap using their little fingers.