We had a lovely Christmas day, Theo was in awe with the pile of presents and took delight in handing them around, but bless him, when he was given one, he sat and opened it then proceeded to play with the contents. He was quite happy and certainly not demanding another one to open. His main present from his Mum and Dad was a kitchen, which he loved, our presents were centered around that with pots and pans, utensils and play food and a tea set so everyone had a play cup of tea, he will certainly get many hours of fun from it. I think all his help in the kitchen, baking etc made having his own rather special.
Unfortunately a few days before the event, our fridge freezer packed up. The freezer was still working but frosting up badly, but no cold air was being pushed up to the fridge. Tried allsorts but to no avail. Luckily we have a fridge in the Casita, but it was a real pain having to trot back and forth. We are finding it difficult to find a replacement as we are restricted to a certain width, something no one obviously thought about when the kitchen was originally built. The only way will be to take the back door off. Still hunting. Then our mircowave gave up, but that was easily replaced.
We are having quite a mild spell at the moment, so I took the opportunity to go and prune the rose bed. Huh, bit off a bit more than I could chew as it was so overgrown, persisted though and quite pleased with the result, although there is still a little to do.
So todays project was to tackle the area by the pool, right mission...
This area had some really nasty thorny stuff but managed to get it out
More to do tomorrow
Did take the opportunity to sit in the naya in the sun for a couple of hours, knitting another jumper for Theo.
Wishing you all a Happy New year
take care
xcx
Lovely to imagine Little Theo handing out all the gifts on Christmas Day. I like the sound of the gifts that he has been given lots of learning mixed with play time. On a smaller scale my blender decided to overheat and give up the ghost over Christmas. I suppose all the baking and soups preparation was too much for it. Like your microwave it wasn't a big problem once the shops opened again. I imagine being without you usual fridge and freezer was pretty tiresome even though you had another one on hand. All the very best for the New Year xx. Amanda x
ReplyDeleteTheo was very patient and so loving as he helped. Every time he left here he said goodbye to the christmas tree, aww. The f/f has been a pain and they are so expensive. All the best for the new year to you too xcx
DeleteWhat fun having Christmas with little Theo. The plants will do well with a good chop.... it always looks so much tidier when that is done...what a bummer with the fridge/freezer and the microwave!
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It was such a delight and so different to last year. We have a huge pile of debris now, have to wait for the right conditions to burn. xcx
DeleteHousehold appliances seem to go like that, don't they? Hope you can get them replaced without too much trouble.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, too.
Best wishes
Ellie
Seems like they were ganging up on us lol. xcx
DeleteOh no sorry to hear about your appliances giving up over Christmas, what a pain. My children loved playing kitchens when they were little, I hope Theo gets hours of fun with his. It sounds like you have had a lovely Christmas together.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed your festive time too, I have been washing and saving the plastic herb pots for him to have in his kitchen, more the merrier xcx
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