Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas from the Cull's... here's what we got up to over Christmas... 

In the run up to Christmas Stockings were hung... hoping Santa didn't forgot about DRE

On Christmas Eve we attended a Christingle service at St James Church, during which this brilliant video from New Zealand was screened...

On Christmas Day we made a Veggie Christmas Dinner.... 

Christmas Day Cooking underway!

The Menu: 

Nut Roast

Texan Stuffing

Roast Potatoes

Roasted Red Peppers stuffed with Fennel 

Roast Parsnips

Bashed Neeps and Carrots

Braised Red Cabbage with Apples

Brussel Sprouts

Gravy

Caramelised Orange Trifle

Christmas Cake 

Mince Pies

Christmas cake... yum! 

After Lunch Presents were opened by the tree... thank-you for all our presents! 

... and then a walk was taken, during which Teddy took a well earned nap... the rest of the day was food, walks, playing, naps, seeing Christmas lights once it got dark.  

Just a selection of autumn images

Going down the big slide with Dad

Selfies

Fall Colours

Crunching through leaves...crunch crunch

Some days you win....

. . . and some days you go out still in pyjamas, and eat the 'sensory play' materials. Yum Yum!

 At the playgroups we go to often food in used to encourage sensory play, and this particular day it was quite tasty. I wonder if this is what Teddy dreams about, a giant bowl of cereal!

Happy Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving we were in London. We celebrated by attending two different parties hosted by American friends, both of which were attended by a whole bunch of other little folk.

On Saturday we spent the evening at a friends house and had a traditional Thanksgiving meal, at one point all the kids were even happily playing by themselves and all the adults were sat at the table... a rare moment indeed. 

On Sunday we visited another friends and spent the afternoon at their 'pie party' where we all devoured a huge selection of sweet and savoury pies (pumpkin empanadas were Ted's favourite), and Ted also had a blast bouncing around on a trampoline and making a new friend in the process.