Ready for Christmas......I'm not exactly sure - NYC has quietened down a little, not a lot, but certainly things have slowed a touch.....Am taking the whole period between Christmas and New Year off, so am not back in after tomorrow until Jan 2. Which to UK readers sounds fairly reasonable, to Americans...that's quite a long holiday....

Christmas Eve tomorrow and we have a lot of stuff going on in the evening - Father Christmas pays a visit to the street....It'll be interesting to see Izzy's take on the whole thing....Last time she saw Father Christmas, we suggested she should go and tell him what she would like for Christmas - she refused saying " I don't want to because I don't know him".....

Surely the perfect answer for all parents....."Stay away from Strangers !!!!"

Merry Christmas Everyone......

White Chritsmas ???

Maybe.........

Merry Chritmas Everyone....

And a Happy New Year

Cinderella meets a princess.......

Izzy went to the cinema this week and was also invited to a special Princess party.

She loved it. The boys stayed at home for this one and spent the day hanging Christmas lights.....

Watch this space for more on that .....

Waiting for Daddy.....

For a change of scenery we went up to Vermont over Thanksgiving.....

Clearly it makes no difference where we are in respect of what time the children wake...

I snuck out for a run, but they were waiting when I got back......

Update on Life in the Big Apple....

Its getting cold, first snowfall over the weekend.....just a thin layer. Not enough to go sledging on, and certainly not enough for a day off work....

That may have happened in London....since it was at least 1.5" of snow at one point......

But we managed to dig ourselves out........

Christmas lights are going up everywhere.....we decided to sit tight and see what the acceptable level of "twinklness" is on the street before we take the plunge.....don't want to understate things........

Some of the houses on a neighbouring road have gone crazy........it looks like Blackpool Illuminations (watch this space for a piccy)

Seb, that is an awsome digger.....

Tobes, that's not just a digger.....its a JCB man.....