Christmas Eve eve!

Well it's just 2 more sleeps to go and we are just about set for Christmas all the pressies are wrapped (except sallys I've got to do that) we've got all the meat and veg and little treats. We're having lamb for dinner got a lovely lean leg. The kids are getting excited and I can't wait for Ethan to see what we've got him!

I had a trip into town on Saturday to get sallys Christmas presents on my own which was weird not having kids to keep an eye on! Town was rammed! I got the tram from work and then got off after and drove home which was quite stress free.

The week before last was Jolly Boyz Christmas Edition 2013 and we placed a photo of Steve hurt on the wall of dead legends in formans bar which was nice of the landlord as it's only for famous people.

The day was going so well until Steve Bailey and Paul Parkin thought it was a good idea to put a santa hat on top of the Brian Clough statue which resulted in Bailey falling off from having a leg up from Paul and broke his wrist and sprained the other one!
3 hours in a & E and then back out in the pub! Lol

I was out for the full day and felt surprisingly well for a 14hr session! Or should it be worryingly well? Lol

Earlier that week was Hollies first Christmas play which was great! Me and Sal were in the top balcony (vip roped off section of course!) and the view was great and Hollie kept waving at us during the show. She's a diamond x

Nolan has finished his second dose of antibiotics and fingers crossed I think he's almost fully recovered from his ear infection bless him.

Well I'll sign off with a few pictures from the last week or so

C

Nearly time for the big fat fella

Well Christmas is not far away only a few weeks we've got most of the presents still got a few more to get. It was Hollies 3rd birthday last week but unfortunately she's been really ill and Nolan has too. They've had a really bad cough for the last 3 weeks so we've had sleepless nights. So her birthday was a quiet one as she was so ill. I can't believe how quick she has grown up and what a lovely polite little girl she is. Don't get me wrong she can be a right little madam and when she's nice she's really nice but when she's bad she's a devil lol. Her talking is great and she has got so much confidence bless her I love her to bits. She's really into princess toys and clothes and pink things she's so girly!

Nolan is still being a lazy bones and not crawling but I'm sure when he does there will be no stopping him!
Ethan is still top of his class and doing fine and he's really into writing story's at the minute which is mostly about underpants and bogeys and all other funny boys things! He's asked for books for Christmas which is great for a lad his age and of course some games etc.

About 4 weeks ago me and Steven my nephew and my mate Ian went to the ice arena to see Micky Flanagan the comedian thanks to Irish John in his hospitality box with a fridge full of beer which was a great night! After the show we went round Nottingham for a few more just to finish us off! We went to cucamara which is a cocktail type of bar up hurts yard. Upon entering the bar we were greeted by a black barman with the biggest hands you've seen in your life! So we glanced through the menu and Ian asked the John coffee looking barman "have you got your own special drink?" The barman just smerked turned his back and began pouring  a lethal concoction of jack Daniels amureto cherry sours and coke and my god it was like rocket fuel but of course I had 3.
Then a kebab and a cab home followed by work the next morning which was fun!

Had a strange Steven hurt moment again! I went to the beer festival at the castle in November (thought I had blogged about it but I've just checked and I haven't) wow what a day that was lots of random ciders and Perry's and some nice food! And a scrap with some toffs but that's another story. Anyway me and Paul parkin were the last men standing and we went round notts and then round hucknall after and we went into h20 bar and there was a live band on and they played the song "littlest hobo" the song that was played at his funeral which really spun me out and brought a tear to my eye. I mean what's the chances of that song being played? I'm sure he's playing games with me.
And last week we went out for his birthday and again in h20 a killers song came on Mr bright side which was one of his favourite songs and one which most people relate to that as being his song. Weird but nice.

Well I think that's enough to read about for the time being on the day after the night Nelson Mandela died!

C