And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is up, the Santa hats are out and the first doors on our advent calendars are open.

I love this time of year. It is my favourite. And it’s one of the few times still full of magic even as an adult. I’m going to be soaking up every minute of joy the next few weeks bring and I hope December is full of moments of joy for you too.

Happy December! 🎄
AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell and there’s so much to entertain the whole family whilst you do your Christmas shopping! 

Visit The Lexicon Glow Room for a magical light experience that will dazzle you with 20,000 LEDs. It feels like the room goes on forever! Then, take a dip in the Light Pool, a magical ball pool with golden balls to be found and prizes to be won!

If that wasn’t all, have a photo in the giant Christmas bauble ‘sparkling selfie station’ and follow the Twinkle Trail, spotting baubles in shop windows to collect the clues and enter to win fabulous prizes this Christmas. Plus, share your sparkling selfie station pictures, tagging #thelexiconbracknell or email them to marketing@thelexiconbracknell.com and you will automatically be entered in a competition for the chance to win a restaurant gift card too. 

There are also special performances from local choirs, bands and singers and even the chance to meet Bluey, Hey Duggee and Chase from Paw Patrol! You can be sure that a trip to The Lexicon will have something for everyone over the festive season this year. We loved our visit to The Lexicon last weekend and know we’ll be back again before Christmas!

Find out more on @thelexiconbracknell website.

#TheLexiconBracknell #Merry&Bright
AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! We had our first Glow Marwell experience tonight - and we loved it. It may even be the best light trail we have been to.

We spent well over two hours at @marwellzoo, enjoying the light installations, indulging in the food stalls and cafe, toasting marshmallows and even meeting Father Christmas! 

Glow Marwell was such a nice way to kick off the festive season - and it’s on all the way through December! If you’re looking for a really nice festive activity the whole family can enjoy, this could definitely be it!
AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparent AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparents this year? @famileo_uk is a wonderful gift, giving the recipient a personalised gazette of family news regularly throughout the year - and it costs from just £5.99 a month. 

Multiple family members can use the same subscription, all posting messages to be added to one gazette - and sharing the cost of the subscription too! It’s great for parents, siblings and children to all share their news with grandparents each week, fortnight or month. 

We’ve been sending my dad Family gazettes for a while now and he absolutely loves them. It means we tell him all the little things that are happening and not just the big news you remember to mention in phone calls. The children get to upload their own messages to their grandad and it’s definitely made them feel closer, building a stronger relationship despite living far apart.

Find out more about Family over on the blog - link in bio - and buy a subscription for your nearest and dearest this Christmas. It’s a gift they will definitely love to receive.
Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing the Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing these updates every week but I like having somewhere to put all these photos!

They’re now three months old, super loving and happy, making biscuits and purring constantly.

They stay in ‘their’ room overnight but explore the house during the day, getting more confident as time passes. They even got to the point of relaxing on the sofa with us last night.

Fred & George are now very much part of our family and I can’t imagine them not being there now - even at 7am when they’re miaowing at the door for breakfast!
AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your kids will love? Claim your FREE Banjo Robinson activity pack today!
 
Reading for pleasure is a key indicator of a child’s future success, but if your child doesn’t love to read, what can you do? We know it’s not always easy keeping kids entertained and away from screens, so we’ve partnered with the award-winning @banjorobinson to gift you a FREE activity pack, worth £9.99.

Here’s a little look at the Banjo Robinson subscription - Troy loves it! Travelling to world with Banjo is so much fun! You can read our full review over on the blog and claim your free activity pack too - link in profile.
A whole week of Fred & George. We weren’t meant A whole week of Fred & George.

We weren’t meant to get more cats just yet but sometimes the universe sends you things when you don’t expect them.

These little guys needed a home and a family to love them. And we had a home and a lot of love to give. We still miss Leia but this pair are definitely helping make me feel whole again.

They are both used to us now, and love us. They’re less nervous, give us cuddles and let us pick them up. They’re still living in our spare room but starting to explore the rest of the house under supervision. 

They play fight constant. Love toys, especially a crinkly feather thing on a string attached to a stick, and love being up high. They are an awesome pair and we are so glad to have them.

Thank you @millbrook_rspca @rspca_official for trusting us with ‘Lonestar and Starfish’. We could not love them more. 

#catsofinstagram #catstagram #catsofig #catsofinsta #catlovers #adoptdontshop #rspcarescuecat #kittensofinstagram #kittens_of_instagram
[AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing abo [AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing about our half term break at @pottersresort and it’s over on the blog if you want to go have a read.

I wanted to put some of my favourite photos on the grid too as the kids did so many fun activities - they had THE best time. 

Giant swing, segways, climbing, archery, laser clays… there was so much to do that we couldn’t fit it all in - we need another trip!
And there ends our October half term - well, apart And there ends our October half term - well, apart from Troy who has a bonus week off!

This half term has been pretty lovely. Troy had his school residential the first weekend and then we had a really lovely few days in Norfolk before heading home and picking up two new members of our family - Fred and George. 11 week old rescue kittens who have pretty much stolen our hearts.

It’s been so nice to have a chunk of quality time with this pair and now I’m looking forward to the Christmas holidays. These two are the best company and I really do live for the school holidays. 

How has your half term been?
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Christmas, Collaborative posts, Home and Lifestyle Products & Services, Reviews · December 5, 2019

Creating a Festive Family Table Setting with Studio | AD

*This is a paid post as part of my role as a Studio.co.uk Ambassador

I love Christmas and seem to spend most of the year counting down to the festive season. It’s something I plan for months in advance, loving shopping, Christmas jumpers, Christmas music and even Christmas movies on the TV.

But, one thing I didn’t start doing until a couple of years ago was setting the table properly for Christmas. Until we had our extension finished I would just lay the table as normal for Christmas dinner. But, Christmas dinner is something to be celebrated. It’s a time when family and friends all get together, toast the year that’s been and appreciate quality time around the table.

So this year I’ve made sure that our dining table looks beautiful for Christmas. That it’s in keeping with our industrial style dining room but also as festive and inviting as possible. It also needs to be family friendly to make sure that the children feel as at home around the table as the grown ups.

We have black candle holders, table runners and napkins that get brought out at every special occasion and work well our dining table and chairs as well as the industrial feel of the room. But, this Christmas we’ve made the table so beautiful thanks to Studio’s great Christmas tableware range.

The table setting has a gold theme running through it that works so well at Christmas. I started putting the table together with charger plates as a base layer to each place setting. They come in a great set with coasters and napkin rings included. If you wanted a really simple way of making your usual dinner setting a little more fancy for Christmas then this set is pretty much all you’d need. It comes in a range of colours for any table theme too.

I love having special crockery and glasses that you bring out for an occasion and star dinner set looks absolutely stunning on the table for Christmas. But, it’s durable enough to be used throughout the year and comes in either a gold or silver design.

Star wine glasses compliment the tableware perfectly and are actually some of the most robust glasses I’ve come across. They are so sturdy that even the children could drink water or juice from them over Christmas dinner. It’s always nice to make the children feel a little more grown up and having good quality, hard wearing crockery and glasses really helps with that.

Cutlery really finishes off a table setting and Viners are always our first choice when looking for a new crockery set. This Glamour set of knives, forks, spoons and teaspoons would be a great addition to any kitchen and looks wonderful on our table. Each piece of cutlery has such a nice weight to it and feels so natural to hold and use.

No Christmas table is complete without crackers and our gold ones complement the table perfectly. Just £1.99 for 6 and with quality gifts inside I know they’ll be enjoyed by the whole family on Christmas day.

Studio made it so simple to plan our Christmas table setting and although ours is for four people you could easily create a festive table for many people whilst browsing through the Studio website or the Studio WOW app. I now can’t wait for Christmas to sit down with the family and enjoy this beautiful space we have created.

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  1. Kim Carberry says

    December 6, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    I am having family over at Christmas and I have been looking at tableware. I hadn’t thought of looking at Studio until now. I like that they do dinner sets for 6 people and not just the usual 4. Their prices are great too x

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