Ho Ho Ho... Merry Christmas!!!!!
We have escaped the mobile home for Christmas. Well, we were in the mobile home for Christmas morning so that the boys could open their presents from Santa and then made our way to Wexford for Christmas dinner and lazing about by the fire. Bliss....
The boys were very controlled this morning and got up at 6.30am, which isn't too different to normal. Daithi had put a big arrow outside pointing to the mobile home so that Santa wouldn't get confused and we tracked Santa on Christmas Eve round a friend's house using the NORAD website. As soon as we got back home they got dressed in their pj's and took themselves to bed. I don't know how they managed to get to sleep they were so excited.
The boys were really pleased with their presents. Conor can not leave his Siku Bale carrier alone! Liam has been in Ben 10 mode all day! They got what they asked for anyway which was the main thing and then they got a few other bits and pieces to fill the stockings. They have had a great day with the uncles, aunts and cousins (and more presents!). We should be here for a couple of days then it is back to work on the house while Daithi has a couple of weeks off work.
The month of December saw more insulation arrive and wiring done in the kitchen. Plasterboard can put up most of downstairs now I think. We still have plenty of windows to finish but we are getting there. Can't remember if I posted about our rat last time but I saw a huge rat (the size of a small cat) in the kitchen when I went to take the washing out of the machine one day. It wasn't scared of me at all and just strutted past me and out of a hole in the floor where the waste pipe for the washing machine will be. I sent Conor in with a big stick to chase it every time I went back into the house in case it was still there. Daithi got a rat trap and we managed to catch the thing. The creature filled the cage and its tail curled around the outside. Daithi went to get a bucket to drown it but as he approached the rat started thrashing about and started to break out of the cage. In self defense Daithi had to clatter it over the head numerous times! We haven't seen any since in the house but living in the country with fields of beet all around we know there are plenty around. As long as they don't bother me again I don't mind!
2009 is soon approaching and who knows what is in store for us all at Ballydaniel house. I hope that 2008 will be the last Christmas morning we wake up in the mobile home.....!
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