Loving the Christmas lights in Victoria Square Belfast
My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram
30 December – Cluedo – our Christmas board game!
This year the surprise hit of the presents from Santa has definitely been Cluedo – it has been our Christmas board game of choice. With a range of ages from 9 to 46, getting a game that everyone enjoys is sometimes a challenge, but Cluedo has hit the mark. The game may have evolved…
26 December – Boxing Day Bargain hunting in Belfast
It’s Boxing Day here (I know Boxing Day doesn’t exist everywhere – it’s just 26 December most places in the world). Traditionally there area few options for Boxing Day: Meet up with more friends/relatives for another large meal – often another full Christmas Dinner with all the extras too Stay home, playing with new presents,…
25 December – Christmas Day
Just settling down to watch the Christmas Day episode of Downton Abbey, and to update my blog on our Christmas Day. The time agreed upon for getting up was 7.30 am, and one excited 9 year old managed to get to sleep last night and contain his excitement until about 7.25 am! Everyone headed down…
24 December – Christmas Eve traditions
Happy Christmas Eve to you, today I will share a few of our Christmas Eve traditions. I’ll start at the end, if you know what I mean, with a photo of my son reading “Twas a Night Before Christmas” to my husband …. we read this every year on Christmas Eve, since my son…
23 December – our Christmas Dinner menu
It’s almost Christmas, so today I will share our planned Christmas Dinner menu … and I expect our main course is fairly typical of what will be served in homes throughout Northern Ireland on Christmas Day. The main event of course is the turkey and ham – we collected ours from the lovely Clare at Blackberry…