Christmas preparations are underway!

Dear Matthew,

 

It's not even December yet but Christmas preparations are well underway!

 

We started back in October by helping your Ma Ma and Gumps put up the family tree (and left them to put up the 8 or 9 others on their own). Last week we had a family and friends Christmas lunch at Ma Ma and Gumps house and you had fun playing with my cousin Anna's daughter Rose (lovingly referred to by you as 'baby Rose).

 

Then on the weekend we were invited to your friends Thatcher and Marlow's grandad's house for their family Christmas get together (as they are leaving for Canada for Christmas in a few days) and you loved exploring their cubby and swimming in their lovely and warm pool!

 

On Sunday night your Ma Ma and Gumps came over to our house for Sunday roast and we put up the Christmas tree while watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, as per tradition. You helped Gramps put the star on the tree and were fascinated by the Peppa Pig bauble we bought you a few years ago for your collection.

 

Yesterday your friends Oliver and Samuel visited and you had a great time playing with them and giving them their Christmas presents too. In the afternoon you also discovered that the advent calendar was filled with chocolates- so you grabbed a basket and told me to get out of the room while you proceeded to collect the chocolates into your basket! Love it!

 

We have also been making handprint tree decorations for your grandparents and great-grandparents and I've been cross-stitching a quote from Christmas Vacation for Ma Ma so we are definitely getting into the spirit of things!

 

It's such a great time of year!

 

Love you my little elf,

 

Mum xxx

 

 

 

 

 

Quentin's 7th birthday and a trip to Hillarys

Dear Matthew

 

Last Sunday we celebrated your step-cousin Quentin's 7th birthday party at an inflatable indoor playground in Joondalup. 

 

You had a great time playing on the inflatable toys, although unfortunately at one point you and Harry butted heads and you came away with a blood lip. You were happy again once it was time for chips and juice and you enjoyed scoffing down a big piece of birthday cake.

 

It was great to catch up with all the family. We also had a lovely time catching up with your cousins at Hillarys last week for a swim and some fish and chips (see the first photo below). You're so lucky to have so many cousins who love you! I hope you cherish their friendships and stay connected with them as you grow older.

 

All my love,

 

Mum xxx

 



 

 

 

Halloween Party

Dear Matthew

 

At the end of last month we celebrated Halloween by attending a wonderful children's party hosted by your friend Thatcher and Marlow. We all got into the spirit of things and dressed up - you were a skeleton, your dad was a vampire and I was a wolf.

 

Thatcher and Marlow's mum Pia had made some spooktacular food and their dad Rod had decorated their cubby into a haunted house and you loved both.

 

As per the tradition, we also went trick-or-treating around the neighbourhood and you eagerly filled your bucket with chocolates and lollies. It was lovely to see you walking around with all the other kids having a great time.

 

Halloween wasn't really a big thing in my childhood (it's mostly an American tradition) but it's a lot of fun so I'm glad it's something you're going to enjoy throughout yours!

 

All my love my little skeleton,

 

Mum xxx