Christmas

A Christmas message from The Modern Parent

December 24, 2011 By Martine 4 Comments

Well it ain’t no message from the Queen but the picture above pretty much sums up all that I wish for myself, my friends my family and all of my readers for the ensuing festive season.

Take it Easy and Relax: Hopefully you have managed to scrounge some days off work to spend with the family. If so, take a load off and enjoy. Enjoy just chilling out, relaxing, having fun and conforming to no rules, times, criteria or schedules.

Eat, Drink & Do not Diet: Well this is fairly self explanatory. Whilst I am all for looking after yourselves and maintaining a healthy lifestyle (I said I was all for it but never actually stipulated i did it), it is important to just eat up and enjoy this Christmas. If you need to burn off a few extra kilojoules, go outside and play some cricket, dive in a pool or go for a big walk with the family to view some Christmas lights.

Be Merry and Smile: The most important thing to remember this festive season. Now that all the shopping is done, it is now the time to be merry. Time to smile and laugh and have fun with those important to you. To rejoice in all you have and look forward to lots of good times ahead.

Thankyou to all those that have read and commented and given me feedback this year. One year into my blog and I have learnt so much and have so much more to plan for the coming year. I look forward to a happy and productive 2012 with so many exciting endeavours in store.

I wish you all a safe, happy and healthy festive season full of love, laughter and good times surrounded by those you love.

Filed Under: Modern Parenting Tagged With: Christmas, family, happiness, holidays, Parenting

Answering questions about Father Christmas: How do you do Santa in your house?

December 18, 2011 By Martine 14 Comments

When it comes to questions about Santa’s extraordinary stamina and logistical feats on Christmas Eve, we as parents are often heard gesticulating about the magic of Christmas and the power of believing. To the innocent and unsuspecting little minds, those hooves clippity clapping on the rooftop never break a single roof tile and their tummies are never full from ingesting a gazillion carrots. Santa, no surprise is a little on the tubby side, but never leaves more than a few crumbs behind from the cookies, milk and occasional beer. Lucky for him Rudolph has that nose to guide a slightly sloshed Santa through the skyways to deliver all the goodies for all the boys and girls. I like the idea of Santa. I like the magic of Christmas and I like joy he brings to all the little girls and boys. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Modern Parenting Tagged With: beliefs, Christmas, rituals, traditions

Christmas fun, photos and festivity with Huggies, Apps an ebooks

November 7, 2011 By Martine 3 Comments

When Huggies recently sent me some of their new limited edition Christmas Nappies it caught me a little by surprise. Christmas already! Yep in just under 60 days! Whilst I love the festive season it does make me a little apprehensive to say the least. For one it makes me realise how fast time is passing by…wasn’t I just eating hot cross buns and Easter eggs? But like it or not, it will come anyway so best embrace it all and go with the festive flow.

So with Christmas nappies in hand I relished the chance to dress up and photograph the 2 month old in all his finest Christmas underwear. Nothing cuter than a bub in just his nappy, so here’s hoping for a scorching Christmas day so there is no need to purchase another Christmas day outfit!

And while we’re in the spirit, Huggies have also released an App that easily allows you to add all manner of Christmas paraphernalia to your photos. You can easily email them to your friends, post to facebook or even use as Christmas cards. I tried it out on my boys and they had lots of fun creating different Christmas looks. To get the free Huggies Christmas App simply click on this link :

http://www.huggies.com.au/apps/