When it comes to the Easter weekend we have our own traditions, and many of them involve wearing PJs.
Good Friday
Friday was the ONE day of the long weekend guaranteed decent weather so we took advantage and enjoyed a long 5 mile walk (true to form it was the one day I forgot to switch on my pedometer app). For those who don’t know we are up in North Yorkshire and in my humble opinion thre isn’t a place more lovely anywhere.
After our walk and a much healthier lunch we enjoyed board games and just generally hanging out together.
Saturday
Saturday was a true day of rest. There were art and crafts, Easter movies, more family games, some baking but of course all was done in the comfort of our PJs.
Sunday
After checking to see if the Easter Bunny had been for Roy and the boys (as Taylor puts it “Mummy didn’t want anything because she is liquorice (lactose!) intolerant”) we settled down to a breakfast of chocolate brioche. The boys get one egg and one little treat which was a net of Easter chocolate coins this year and so we didn’t want to break up the mini haul too early.
After breakfast was some binge-watching of our favourite Fort Boyard shows (we pick teams to support and cheer for) there was the annual boiled egg decorating session. Special mention must be made of my C3PO.
The rest of the day was mainly back to chilling out and the boys had some digital time.
Not an overly busy weekend but relaxed, quiet, fun and no-one is suffering from a chocolate hangover which I’m calling a win. Roy’s back to work tomorrow and I’ll be working around the boys (morning and night when they are in bed) so while they are on hols still the magic of the Bank Hol weekend will have passed.
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I am known online and off as being something of a Christmas fairy. When it comes to the Christmas season I really am like a big kid. There are so many things to love about the Christmas season and I am very vocal about been in love with the whole shebang!
The Smell
When autumn really takes hold you start to get the lovely wood-smoke smell which seems to remind me of cinder toffee; when Christmas comes knocking it’s pine cones, mulled spice, berries and cold (cold does have a smell!). We tend not to go overboard with home fragrance but I already have a spiced berry wax melt in the burner and it’s helping to build the festive feeling nicely.
The Food
We eat at home (Roy, the boys and I) on Christmas day and have a pork dinner (thrown in the slow cooker in the early hours) and of course there’s stuffing, cranberry sauce, proper meat gravy, Yorkshires, Shloer and all of the other lovely stuff that we look forward to enjoying at Christmas.
Sadly the bread oven doesn’t work but it gets a good Christmas polish up (and is a very sneaky place to hide Xmas goodies).
The Family
We visit Roy’s family on Christmas Eve to say hello and exchange gifts and do the same on Christmas morning with my family (we all live nearby). It’s great that we all live close enough so that we each other regularly through the year and have managed to keep the tradition up of sharing Christmas together while still having our own time and building our own individual traditions at home. Of course at Christmas we get to spend so much more time with the kids as we are both off which is a huge bonus!
The Traditions
Our Christmas is jam-packed with traditions, from the purchase of my first (of many) Christmas magazine to the Christmas Eve boxes the boys open after tea. My youngest sister and I always go Christmas shopping and out for a Christmas dinner just the two of us, that’s our tradition and we all enjoy the Christmas light switch-on in town (we live in a rural market town with a strong community feel so this is always a lovely evening).
Decorating the house together as a family is always a great fun tradition.
The Gifts
Anyone who says Christmas is not about the gifts at all is a fibber or a scrooge! I love Christmas shopping, finding things I know will make people laugh, that they’ll appreciate or find really useful. I also enjoy the challenge of buying for the two large families (I’m one of six siblings, Roy is one of four, then there are partners and children….) without breaking the bank. I have a special notebook and tick people off as I go, using money saving coupon sites and cashback as I go. The more we save, the more we can buy while staying within budget!
The Music
I adore the music that comes at Christmas time, from the 80’s faves to the more classical tunes. One of my favourites is Oh Holy Night and never fails to put me in the mood! The boys both do a lot at school of course at Christmas and so Little Donkey and similar is played or sung throughout!
What is it that you love about Christmas? Do you have a special tradition? An outing you look forward to or are you like me, someone who thoroughly enjoys everything, from the arts and crafts with the boys to cooking, shopping, decorating and beyond?
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