I Am That Dad

I received an early Christmas present from Noah last night and even though I've yet to open any others, I think it might be the best one of the year.   He slept right through!  I can count the number of times that has occurred on... well on three of my fingers actually. Needless to say I had to check on him repeatedly as I was worried that he hadn't woken as usual. So I still didn't sleep particularly well anyway, but I did sleep in my own bed for once, even though we had to share that with little Ellie. I really hope that she will be a better sleeper than Noah.

Christmas time is approaching fast, in fact it is just two sleeps away and I am delighted to say that all our Christmas present shopping is finally complete, no last minute Christmas Eve panic for us. Of course there is still all the food and nibbles to get, but I don't find that nearly as stressful for some reason.  However, a  couple weeks ago whilst out shopping for various nieces and nephews, Nikala was with Noah in a big toy shop and Noah saw a giant dinosaur. Noah took such a fancy tot his behemoth of a beast that he carried that t-rex all over the shop, even though it was almost as big as him. The only way Nikala could persuade him to put it down was to say: 'You never know, maybe Father Christmas will bring it for you.'  Fast forward a couple of weeks to last night and we are in the front room.  Noah is rooting around in Nikala's handbag which is hanging at the end of the banisters at the bottom of the stairs. Then this convers...