Happy New Year everyone! Am I still allowed to say that? I guess so as it is still January ;) So much happened in the month of December that I didn't have time to sit down to blog even though there were so many evenings I contemplated to... and the idea of Netflix or just sleeping early lured me away from this blog. Izzy's handmade card which she did in school Tonight I'm doing a catch up of what we did on the lead up to Christmas and the kids' birthdays. We planned a plethora of Christmas-related activities for the kids. I guess the FOMO Bel in me was the driving force for them. It was a bit crazy if you see our list below. Also for some reason we crammed most of them in the first 2 weeks of December, which looking back was by God's grace. More on that later. Here is my recap! Santa's Grotto at Bluewater - Thinking that we didn't sign up for any Santa's Grotto for the kids this year, I eagerly booked this and told K that I would drive the kids th