Christmas is coming......!

Thank you for the travel advice! Neil and I are still trying to find a time when we are both still awake and not too tired to finalize our plans, but your suggestions and thoughts on here and in emails have been very helpful :) The suggestion box is still open for now, if you think of anything else... :)

It's that time of the year when our family start to think more seriously about Christmas coming up, and Christmas presents. We've had a tradition since the children were little, of making our gifts for one another, so we are always on the look-out for ideas. I usually sit down with each of the children in the September holidays, to plan out anything they might need help with. Now of course, they are older and can usually take care of it themselves. (You can see an example of a previous present here.)

I know that Jessima is already all organized, as she usually and wonderfully is, (although I haven't managed yet to weedle out of her what exactly it is that she is doing! There's still time though - and I haven't even started on Jonny yet :) Abby and James seem to be all set too.

I've also pretty much planned out what I will be doing, and have started on making some of my presents. But since I also double as the 'Fount of all ideas for Christmas presents', for everyone else in the family, I've been checking out a few webs sites for more ideas.

One site that I've come across has some useful ideas, not just for gifts, but for activities to do with children, etc, too, that I thought some of you might find interesting. I admit that part of what I like about this particular site is that the photos are clear and beautiful, and I love the colours in them. You can find the site here. I enjoyed looking around on it to find some things I like - I hope you can find something useful there too. For example - in 'Photography Tips', there is an explanation on how to post larger pictures on your blog page.

Did you know that there are only 122 days left before Christmas?
:)