Very Small Feet

As you know I have been out in charge of Christmas dinner. And by default, husband was away, I had to sort out all the presents... and school engagements...  And I wished the Christmas would be here already some time around 15th December.  I found it all super stressful...  But as this blog post title suggests I learnt few things too.  Firstly I understand how stressful it is to cook the Christmas dinner/lunch. We agreed that next year we are doing it together.  Then it’s totally ok to ask for stuff that you want. But I did find it odd to do so and for the 1st time I bought stuff that hubby wanted and not to think about it my self. Made me feel very strange. But now I have the sleepers I wanted and tickets to see Scummy Mummies show.  It’s super fun to be just at home with just family. We didn’t have anyone over, just us. We did what we wanted and when we wanted.  And in the end of the day it is all about kids.  We played with new toys. At some po...

I didn’t celebrate Christmas till 2006... yes, you read it right. And no I wasn’t in any cult or religions that doesn’t do Christmas. I just lived in Russia where Christmas is on 7th January for starters and we mainly celebrate New Year’s Eve...  I also work in catering and hospitality so this means a lot of drunks and mischief so you really start to resent holidays a bit.  But my husband love Christmas so I sort of love Christmas too! It rubbed off on me! (Egg is ready to decorate the tree)  All the tasty food, wonderful gifts, family time and fab Christmas specials on tele. Yes I am this excited about Dr Who! And also early bed if you want to...  With arrival of Edgar our priority changed. House has to be very magical, Santa should be met... but Edgar is only three and really doesn’t care much. He wasn’t impressed with meeting Santa last year and really didn’t care about making cookies with Dada on Christmas Eve.... and he pulled the tree down last year and stayed ...