A great Sunday walk around Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell

I have said this before and I will say it again, I love Brightwell, we had lunch at Mum and Jim's, such yummy food, we then went for a walk to burn off some of the calories we consumed!

Poor little monkey was lost, I hope his owner realised he was missing and went back to get him, it was chilly out there!

So small against the big tractor.

Off to Notcutts to pick up a letter from Father Christmas

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Jamie went to look on the tree to see if Father Christmas had replied to his letter.....

....... He found it!

A shepherd and a pussy cat!

Jamie has been practising for his school play, he plays a school child, so I do not have to worry about a costume as he is wearing his school uniform. He obviously felt a bit put out, as he wanted to dress up as a shepherd, his dressing gown, my snazzy scarf and his old blanket, job done! I thought shepherds had sheep, but not this one, he has a cat!!

Lanie, our beautiful cat, having a tickle!

Marshmallows around the fire pit

Jamie and I made a fire pit.

Cutting up some twigs for the fire pit

Philip took Jamie up the lane and they collected some branches to put on our fire pit.

Jamie got his teddies and wanted to take them for a ride on his bike, so we found a basket and tied it to his bike and made them a seat belt, and he whizzed round the garden with them, we were giggling so much!

All the years of Phil watching and reading about Bear Grylls and Ray Mears has paid off , and he lit a perfect fire for us to toast our Marshmallows!

 



Christmas starts early in our house

There is no denying it, but I adore Christmas, the build up especially! Jamie and I set off to Millets Farm to see Father Christmas arrive on his reindeers, it was magical, seeing Jamie's face when he saw him.

Jamie making friends with the model Santa

Checking out the decorations

We met Santa's reindeers, they were beautiful

Sitting in Santa's sleigh



More decorations

We came home for a spot of lunch and then continued the festivities in the afternoon, we went to Notcutts Garden Centre to deliver Jamie's christmas list he had written to Father Christmas.

The end to a perfect afternoon on the swing!





Dinosaurs

Jamie has been enjoying watching "Planet Dinosaurs". He drew this picture.