MUMMY TO THE MAX

Christmas 2013 was the 3rd Christmas Maxwell had got to celebrate. Unfortunately Maxwell and I were both ill, I was at the end of the cold which had bugged me for over a week and Maxwell was at the start of his cold however we both did not allow this to ruin our Christmas.

Ben worked all over Christmas which meant we missed having a lot of family time together. On Christmas eve Maxwell was given his Christmas Eve box which he really enjoyed. He loved the chocolate which he got to nibble on as he watched his Christmas films and he loved having a nice hot bubble bath at the end of the day with his new towel and his "special" bubble bath. He loved getting in to his new PJ's and snuggling down under the cover whilst I read him his Christmas book. Overall we had a fantastic Christmas Eve and once tucked into bed Santa came with lots of treats!


Christmas morning was a lazy one. We did not get up until 9am and once up we let Maxwell enjoy opening his presents.  I was surprised to see this year that Maxwell actually knew how to unwrap his presents and he loved attacking the paper whilst he excitedly unwrapped. Maxwell loved unwrapping his sesame street toys and he screamed in delight when he saw he had a new wooden puzzle train.

After breakfast we got ready to go and celebrate Christmas with our families. Each year we split our day so that we spend time with both our families. First we visited Ben's family and we also had our Christmas lunch there. We had a nice time there and then we rushed off to spend the remainder of the day with my family. Everyone was very generous with their gifts and Maxwell especially loved the Noahs ark my sister gifted him and a Vtech robot my parents gifted him.

On boxing day we spent the day as a family of 3 and we went shopping.  Our day was sadly shortened as Ben had work however we managed to get a few bargains and we enjoyed spending out day together. When we arrived home, Maxwell managed to spend some well deserved time playing with his Noah's ark and his new Megablok truck.


The following day we spent at my sisters, we had a lovely dinner there and Maxwell and I managed to catch some more of our family which we had not got round to seeing at Christmas. We had a brilliant day and Maxwell enjoyed opening more presents.

Overall we had a lovely Christmas. I just wish Ben had a little more time off so we could have got to enjoy the run up and the few days after however I am sure this will change next year. We are looking forward to Christmas 2014 and I have already started present preparing!

We have been really busy today. Maxwell's rocking horse, which was a extra present I decided to get him last week arrived! I was useless at trying to build it and actually managed to break my screwdriver so I had to call in my trusty helpers - My sister and her partner.
 They were a great help and managed to build Maxwell's amazing horse! Maxwell had a little ride on it however I then told him he must get off as horsey has a few duty's to do before Christmas like deliver all the presents to Bethlehem.
Whilst my sister was round she helped me get the house in a lovely clean state. We also arranged the presents round the table so they were there for Ben and Maxwell to open in the morning.


Me and Maxwell had time to watch a few movies today, when I say a few Maxwell doesn't really like to sit still for long so watched Happy Feet then The Snowman which is one of my childhood favourites. We snuggled up on the sofa with a few snacks and had lots of cuddles.

We are all looking forward to tomorrow. We are spending the morning with Ben's side of the family and then going to have dinner with my Mum and Dad. I am celebrating Christmas with the rest of my family on Boxing Day as sadly they can not all be with us tomorrow.

Anyway I wanted to come on to wish you all a very Merry Christmas as I'm going to spend the next few days with my family. I can not wait to play lots of games and eat lots of lovely food and have a lot of fun.

I would like to thank all my readers for your continued support, your lovely comments and the joy and inspiration you continue to bring to me.

Me and Maxwell both wish you a Merry Christmas.
We hope you are surrounded with a lot of love, happiness, joy and laughter