Don’t you just love that poem?
We have been on a Christmas reading story frenzy around here. Also baking, ginger bread house icing (pure renovator’s delight), wrapping and getting ready for our annual Sargent family road trip.
My friend Kellie was talking about her childhood road trips, (which you should read btw, so cute and funny!) and it made me think about ours when I was young. We use to trek from wherever we were, down to the Adelaide Hills to spend Christmas at my grandparents magnificent home in Cherry Gardens. Inevitably we’d get in late at night and Granny would have the star shining in the top floor middle window, down the end of their long tree lined driveway. My Gramps would make steaming mugs of hot malted milk for us and we’d run up and down the stairs, in and out of bedrooms, straight into everything whilst my poor weary mother would stumble into her own mothers’ arms after a long trip with four restless kids. Four!
We are leaving on boxing day, so I’m just swinging by to say farewell…thanks for reading! See you in 2012! xx
Thanks for writing, Madeline! I so enjoy Reading about your adventures… Happy happy Christmas to you and yours xx
You made that gingerbread house?! Get out of town! Oh, you are getting out of town. Well, enjoy. Lots and lots of merry merry christmas cheer and love to you. Kellie xx PS awesome, awesome wrapping.
Have a jolly old time with your family, give them all a squeeze from me. Super dooper gingerbread house by the way, and love the spots and pompoms on the wrapping, all YUM. See you in 2012. X
Does your talent know NO bounds? Jeez. Merry merry merry Christmas Madeleine! With those unreal wrapped pressies and amazing gingerbread house (plus family, food and lots of laughs) it’s sure to be a cracker. I’m so glad we finally exposed ourselves as the lurkers we were and I look forward to coming back here for more Mosey in 2012. xx Ps I love that you have an annual family road trip. xx
Let it be known that I did NOT make the gingerbread house! I bought it and the kids decorated!
Sorry if I led you all to believe otherwise…not my intention. Really, making a gingerbread house from scratch would just be showing off
The gingerbread house is adorable!!! Love it so much!
Amazing, AMAZING house and presents. Talented much?! Have the most beautiful Christmas Maddie, lots of love xxx
hope your xmas was fun and full-bellied. happy and safe roadtripping and see you back online and maybe in real life (!!!) in 2012. thanks for the peek into you beautioful and talented world. xx
Oh! The shining star!!! Wow, what memories. Hoe you had a lovely Christmas, see you in about a week!
Xxxxxx zindz
can’t wait to see more of what comes through your talented hands and read more of your clever thoughts in the coming year. i love visiting you here. happy new year doll. x
ps. i had your sweet little green stuffed trees on our tree this christmas. love em.