happy Friday everyone.
so how was Christmas?
let’s me start by saying that on Boxing Day i decided to workout because i felt bloated from the previous day and i don’t want to wait until next year to put into practice one of my resolutions.
anyway, yesterday i felt like ran down by a truck after the exercises on Boxing Day. today i feel better!
well. Christmas was quiet as we wanted. we chose to spend the time together as a family of three. last year we had my brother over and it was nice, but we wanted to see how it felt to be just the three of us. it was peaceful
AOI’s crafty auntie sent her a stocking, so the night before Christmas i baked some cookies and filled her stocking with few things. for hubby i prepared one of his old socks with a mango, a clementine, a pair of Christmassy socks and a mug.
we kicked Christmas day off by phoning my family in USA, Italy and Canada. later that morning we skyped hubby’s family in the UK. we did a Skype gift exchange. AOI open her stocking and these are things she found…
a book, two mugs, a set of three toy boats for bath time and five cookies i baked that night before. I'm happy to report that she enjoyed the cookies. hubby didn’t so i ate them all myself.
the rest of the day looked something like this
we had our Christmas meal, then we exchanged gifts.
we didn’t buy anything big for AOI because we don’t think at one year of she cares about big toys. we want to make her a tepee and kitchenette. but for Christmas because she likes Sesame Street i thought a piggybank with Elmo’s smile on it will make her happy.
AOI bought daddy, via care of mummy, an IPad hard case because she likes to use daddy’s IPad and sometimes throw it on the floor – she doesn’t want him to be sad if it breaks
on hubby’s wish list he had a crystal science kit and i also bought him a pair of lined trousers for the cold. he also bought himself a jigsaw for his carpentry hobby
AOI bought me, via care of daddy, the body shop spa set – i can’t wait to lift my feet in the bath
one of the items on my wish list was a laptop and hubby was so nice to get a new one for me. the new HP ENVY dv6 {with apple sticker applied by moi, because in the end what is a Mac? Just a permanent sticker}. I'm enjoying it so much. 
i also bought myself two learning books to improve my French and crafting hobby {i want to repurpose most of my old garments}
AOI had a nap soon after lunch while we just relaxed.after a good nap she ate a big piece of panettone for her snack.
all in all this Christmas was quiet but enjoyable and good family bonding time.
hope your Christmas was fun, full of laughter, togetherness, yummy food and cute gifts.
hope your weekend is merry and bright
xoxo, T
Italian words
aspettando babbo natale= waiting for father Christmas {above photo}
panettone= typical Italian Christmas cake