#WBOYC in December

 

The last WBOYC of 2024 - this year has gone by in a flash and whereas I was super busy in November, December was more relaxed.  So let's see what's been happening -

Decorating the tree

Traditionally done on the weekend closest to Paul's birthday and a sign that the countdown to Christmas has begun.

Eating out with friends.  Would you believe it - once again the waiter brought out a 'happy birthday' dessert for me, this was at a different restaurant to the last one and this time he believed me that it was not for me and it was quickly diverted to the table next to us!

Craft afternoon at school was fun.  My daughter and son in law were both in London that day so I was nominated as the family member to get involved with making decorations with Leo and Rosie.  We made a snowy owl out of a pine cone and cotton wool with Rosie (I was covered in bits of cotton wool stuck to my fingers by the end of it) Then onto Leo's class where we made a picture to be added to a calendar.  It was a tree divided into quarters and we had to paint a different season in each quarter.  Messy, but fun!

Enjoying the excitement of the grandchildren when Santa went past our house on his sleigh

He started his tour of our part of town at 4.30 and Leo tracked him on the Santa app for two hours before he went past the house.  Oh if only we could bottle that excitement!  I think ours was probably the noisiest house.

Masquerade masks for our Zumba party

We had a fun time and there were some very elaborate masks being worn.  There is a different theme each year and this was a good one.

Batten down the hatches!  A couple of storms blew through this area. Luckily no storm damage here but other places were not so fortunate.

Exhibition of Paul's artwork at a local venue

This was the first time he had actually entered some pictures into an exhibition and he received some nice feedback about his entries.

Relishing the thought of someone else cooking Christmas dinner

It was a fabulous day, we are so very lucky to have such a close, loving family.

So let’s see the month progress, 1 Second Every day. Then pop over to my namesake over in Australia via this link!