Monday 28 December 2009

Merry Christmas Everyone

I hope everyone has had a great few days and that you all are a little fatter!  We had a lovely Christmas here quiet but good.  We opened presents in the morning then prepared dinner, no turkey in this house we went for big fat juicy steaks instead.  For pudding it was homemade mince pies and pumpkin pie which I spent almost all of Christmas Eve baking but even if I do say so myself the pastry was mint.  Thinking about it now we didn't have crackers - I am not sure if they do that here, what a shame missing out on all those really funny jokes tehehe!  Then we just chilled out for the rest of the day nursing big fat bellies.

 
So many presents we must have been good this year.


Looking so pleased with my Christmas booties.



What could this be?!


Teddy bought these speakers with the Christmas money he was given I think its his best present - cheers dudes.

 
I bought wool with my money purple to make a bag, green to make tablemats.
This will keep me busy - thanks everyone :-)




Pictures we bought from a local photographer to decorate our bare walls.



Checkout the green dishware I bought these with my Christmas money too - thanks!

Boxing day we just lazed around eating more naughty food (I think I will go to the gym today) I read one of my new books and Teddy adjusted his speakers all day ha!  We hope everyone enjoys the rest of there hols and has a great new year lots of love and best wishes from across the pond xxx

Saturday 19 December 2009

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

It was beautiful when we woke up this morning a white covering everywhere, we decided to take our first walk in Rockcreek Park to enjoy the snow.  It was strange in the streets really silent and peaceful.

 
 
Even the newspaper boxes looked pretty in the snow!


 
   Wish we had a sledge it looked like so much fun.


It snowed constantly the whole time we were out and got much harder to walk in, so thats our adventure for today back home now enjoying hot choclate and soup.


Monday 14 December 2009

Happy Holidays














At the garden centre choosing our tree... after the tiresome job of carrying it home Teddy slept whilst I put put up the decorations.












Putting the finishing touches to the tree and table decorations; those of you who know how neat and tidy I am will know the dining table will always look this way over Christmas time. It's easy being a domestic goddess when you don't have belongings!









Some pics of our humble abode - Teddy enjoyin' his first ever eggnog. They are very yummy but also very naughty and we still haven't used the gym yet - whoops.

Sunday 13 December 2009

Finally - America!!

Been here almost a week now keeping very busy assembling furniture and checking out the local neighbourhood. Last night was our offical first night out in DC, we decided to check out

"Miracle on 3rd & 4th Street - An Ugly Jumper Crawl"

Moomin couldn't resist the opportunity to wear her Christmas sweater and Teddy was dragged along in his most 'ugly' jumper.


Our award for the best ugly sweaters went to these dudes - good effort!


We meet some new friends; Amber, Roger and Nick. They were most kind to us newcomers sharing insider tips on DC and cheers for shouting us burgers.

Even Santa was out for the night I told him our new address so fingers crossed he will send us some presents.