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Elf Escapades 16th December
We all had a late night last night as we took some friends for a tour of the local Christmas lights and then they came back for a curry, whilst the children all played. This meant the Elf didn’t have...
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The joy of sharing with your sister
The Big One has a wobbly tooth. It’s her first one and it’s been a long wait as all her friends at home and here have already lost at least one tooth, if not more. She discovered it tonight as she...
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Fun Christmas plate to make
I found this on the internet (the wonder of Pinterest!) and it took 20 minutes. 10 minutes of that was opening the sweets which were all individually wrapped! So unwrap the sweets and arrange them on a...
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Elf Escapades 17th December
The Elf had left his reindeer this morning (see here) and it took the girls some time to find him. Eventually they found him hanging off the handle on the fridge door. What was he doing there? Elf on...
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The advantages of an Elf in the house
Yesterday my Lovely Husband went off on a business trip to Canada so that left the girls and me at home, with not much to do as it was a rainy day. The house is in a bit of a muddle as I’ve had a week...
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Elf Escapades 18th December
After the experiment with green milk yesterday (see here) the Elf decided to have a slightly less provocative morning. He managed to get the printer working (which is pretty impressive seeing as it’s...
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A funeral for Sticky
What were you doing at 7am this morning? And me? That’s right, I was conducting a funeral for Sticky, the stick insect that the Little One rescued from our swimming pool 2 months ago. I’d noticed...
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Elf Escapades 19th December
When I got up to make the girls a drink this morning I had to slide on my stomach to get out of our bedroom door because someone had done this in the night: The girls thought this was hilarious. As...
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Giving Tree
We live a life which is blessed. I might complain a bit about having to live away from home, but (most of the time…) I do realise how lucky I am – we’re healthy, have enough money and are surrounded...
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Elf Escapades 20th December
The Elf decided to have a cuddle with Baby Jesus this morning, which the girls were very pleased about. He’s now safely packed in the Little One’s bag so he can fly to Crested Butte with us to find...
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Arriving in Gunnison
The flight from Houston to Gunnison was surprisingly good, considering that heavy rain and strong winds had kept us awake half the night. The girls were very excited when we started to fly over...
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Elf Escapades 21st December
The Elf left the girls a present on the 21st. They had been so good on our journey to Crested Butte that the Elf brought them a bath bomb. How the Elf found a Lush shop between Gunnison and Crested...
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Elf Escapades 22nd December
The Elf is obviously feeling very at home in Crested Butte. The cold, the snow and all the Christmas decorations remind him of the North Pole. This morning the girls found him at the very top of the...
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Skiing Stars
It is beautiful here in Crested Butte and warm when the sun shines. Out of the sun and at night it is very, very cold. The cold made for a pretty difficult first morning whilst we got all the ski...
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Elf Escapades 23rd December
The Elf took a bit of finding this morning. The eagle eyes of the Little One caught sight of him first but she couldn’t get to him as he was stuck outside the door on the balcony! He was very cold so...
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Sledging is not as good as skiing
It snowed this morning so we had a day off skiing. We had a relaxed morning, including a snowball fight and making lots of snow angels in the fresh snow. This afternoon we took the girls sledging. They...
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The best ice for a gin and tonic
There is no need for an ice machine here in Crested Butte. We just pop out onto the balcony and break an icicle off the roof to pop into our gin and tonics!
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Goodbye to the Elf
The girls were very sad to see that the Elf had left us this morning. They had asked if he could stay all year but we had to explain that the Elf was needed to help Father Christmas at the North Pole....
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And so it snowed…
It started to snow yesterday, just lightly but we woke up this morning to a beautiful blanket of pristine snow. Perfect for Christmas Eve! We thought we’d have another easy day but the girls thought...
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The true meaning of Christmas
Just as the Little One, who was 4 last month, was going to sleep on Christmas Eve she grabbed my hand and looked very serious. “Mummy, do you know what Christmas is really about?” “You tell me”, I...
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