So. It’s here. Christmas season that is. This has been such a mad year for us that I figured I would know the madness has stopped when the tree is up. Well our tree is up and yes, the madness has almost come to a grinding halt. Never again in one year do I want to do so many things at once. Between us we travelled to Sydney twice (SIM), Victoria once (baby), Adelaide once (wedding), Peru, Chile, Japan and the USA (all SIM), not to mention packing up our house whilst pregnant, moving into our new place and having L, all in between every day life. The Made on the left market is done, Go! Reachout is over and there is just the Oxford Street markets left (this Saturday) as far as events go. The tree is up, now I can relax (remind me what relaxing is again).
Putting up our tree had a different spin on it this year….K. K is now three and therefore Christmas is starting to be exciting. She is obsessed with snowmen and Christmas trees (not that she has ever seen snow) and I think she considers anything Christmassy to be a Christmas tree including Father Christmas (gonna have to work on that one). This is our first Christmas in our new house and L’s first Christmas too so it’s a special one.
We do Christmas stockings in our house as an extra way to think of the little things for other family members. This year I bought the girls a new one each and they match. K’s has a snowman of course!
Finally, I have started making some ornaments to sell at the market this weekend. I didn’t want to be too ‘crafty’ in my approach and waited for an original idea to hit me. Here’s what I came up with:
Hopefully these will sell at the market and if not I’ll put them in my online store.
Underneath all this seasonal decorative-ness I can’t say that I feel particularly festive. I’m not too sure why but the writing of Christmas cards and the attendance at our church’s gingerbread house night just hasn’t put me in the Christmas mood. I’m sure something will make it click at some point but in the meantime its fun to watch my daughters as they marvel at the lights, tinsel and commercial craziness. Somewhere in there (usually each night at bedtime) we are managing to get the true meaning of Christmas in.
[...] Jan – Started the year in a very hot Geelong, Victoria visiting my brother and family. Feb – Michael went to Peru for three long weeks while a ’starting to show’ pregnant me and Keziah stayed home before we met him in Sydney. March – Started house hunting, found the right house very quickly (mid March), just two weeks after Michael got back April- May – Packing the house and also the SIM Get Together afternoon tea in May. June – Moved into the new house, Mum and Dad came back to Perth. July – Lucinda was born mid July August – unpacking and getting used to a newborn being in the house again. September – Keziah turned 3 October – Michael went to the USA and Sydney, Keziah, Lucinda, Mum and I went to Adelaide for my cousin’s wedding. November – Go! Reachout Conference and my first two markets. December – Christmas and finally a bit of normality. [...]