...with excessive lights, of course! Starting with the big switch-on in Southlake Town Square at the end of November, where Santa showed up to flick the big switch to a huge crowd. In true Southlake style there was music from various choirs and bands, food stalls and plenty of activities for free (if you could be bothered to queue): tubing, building a snowman from crushed ice with Olaf, and crafts. The lights are very pretty and it was all very tastefully done.
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| The big switch-on in Southlake Town Square. |
Not to be out done by Town Square, Southlake has continued to get brighter and brighter over the weeks running up to Christmas.
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| The kids and I took the dog for a walk around the neighbourhood, this is what we saw. |
There was no chance we were going to be keeping up with the Jones's (top left photo is across the road from our house) when it came to the outdoor decorations, so we bought a mere 1300 lights and a wreath. Prepare now to be underwhelmed...
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| Ty Fisher |
We have two artificial Christmas trees, one which we bought when we had a
flat in Cardiff, but it was too wide to fit in our lounge in Marshfield
so we had to buy a 'slim' one. This year we have two lounges, so the
slim tree went in the kids lounge upstairs and the wider one came out of
the box for the first time in 12 years to go in the main living room.
It looks a bit lost, now I know why they sell 12 foot high trees in
Costco.
We don't go in for fancy tree decorating, our tree is covered with an eclectic mix of baubles and decorations that have evolved into a potted history of our family. We have decorations from our B.C. (before children) travels; baubles from India and Russian dolls. Decorations that have been bought for the kids, and for me by my god-daughter, pines cones Evan & I collected at St. Mary's church that we took home and painted. Decorations that were knitted for us by Auntie Elaine and Eira (David's best friends Grandma) and of course all the things the kids have made over the years. There is even a history of Alice's craft phases: clay, hama beads, sewing and this year, of course, loom bands! This new chapter of our lives demanded a few new ornaments this Christmas. Can you spot them?
We don't go in for fancy tree decorating, our tree is covered with an eclectic mix of baubles and decorations that have evolved into a potted history of our family. We have decorations from our B.C. (before children) travels; baubles from India and Russian dolls. Decorations that have been bought for the kids, and for me by my god-daughter, pines cones Evan & I collected at St. Mary's church that we took home and painted. Decorations that were knitted for us by Auntie Elaine and Eira (David's best friends Grandma) and of course all the things the kids have made over the years. There is even a history of Alice's craft phases: clay, hama beads, sewing and this year, of course, loom bands! This new chapter of our lives demanded a few new ornaments this Christmas. Can you spot them?
