I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! I know it's been a while since I updated on here but I think all my fellow mamas out there know just how crazy it gets coming up to Christmas! So I thought I'd give you guys a recap of how it all went. The weekend before we enjoyed a festive lunch with Lucy (our friend/personal trainer whom we love so much!) and here's what I wore. This green polo neck jumper is from a brand called Gestuz. I wore it with my leather leggings from Michael Kors (last year's purchase) and of course my gold Scorpio necklace (this is the new one, not the original!) I curled my hair using the TIGI Fat Curl Stick which I bought almost two years ago & I still love it!
That Sunday we went to the Harrods Christmas Grotto to visit Father Christmas. It was such a magical experience and I highly recommend it if you have small children! Here was my look that day, I opted for a nude lip (this is Bobbi Brown liner in Cocoa and YSL Rouge Volupté in #1) and loose "day two" waves. My shirt is from Rollas and I wore it with a plain white Tommy Hilfiger henley and my 7 For All Mankind skinnies.
We visited Santa Claus with our friends Sabrina & Adam, their two sons Xavier & Luay and our other friends Iram & Omar and their little girl Racil. Everybody had a blast and Emilia & Eduardo were talking about the experience for days after! I thought Eduardo would be more afraid than he actually was but he surprised me by being super confident and forward!
The day before Christmas Eve the kids & I decided to build our Mickey Mouse gingerbread house which I'd bought for them a few weeks ago and had been storing in our kitchen cupboard (probably the only organised thing I actually did this Christmas!) They had so much fun decorating it and I kind of let them go to town on it and do whatever they wanted. It didn't end up looking even one tiny bit close to the picture on the box but the main thing is they had a good time! (For those interested, I bought the gingerbread house kit here.)
Getting my Christmas workout on! Yes I worked out over the festive period...not on Christmas day because I could not physically move after our dinner but I did squeeze in 4 sessions last week. But then again I've probably eaten my weight in mince pies over the same length of time so they both balance each other out, right?! And no, I haven't lost weight - this mirror is just verrrry long and makes you look stretched out (in a good way!).
This was how our hallway looked the night before Christmas. I stayed up till 1am wrapping and cleaning (Santa appreciates a clean house don't you know!). It's definitely a lot more exciting now that Emilia & Eduardo are at an age where they understand better what's going on! Although this also meant that Emilia was so excited she came into our bed at 6am to show us what she'd got in her stocking...next year maybe I should aim to get an earlier night on Christmas Eve! Also Eduardo has not been doing very well with his big boy bed :( Unfortunately he was up almost every night every half hour or so always ended up coming into our bed which meant no sleep for mummy & daddy! So we've put the bars back on his cot for now...we'll revisit that idea in a few months I think!
Two excited little monkeys on Christmas Day! Pretty much everything they are wearing is from Zara. How cute are Eduardo's fox shoes?! He actually has a matching hat & mittens too.
I kept it very casual for my own outfit wearing a red & black check Tommy Hilfiger shirt, black henley top & matching skinnies but I did sport a red lip which is rare for me! I'm wearing Rimmel Kate lipstick in #1. Eduardo was Mr. Grumpy Pants which came as no surprise given the lack of sleep he had the night before so I had to resort to making funny faces in order to get him to smile for a pic!
And that pretty much sums up our Christmas for this year! I hope you guys had a wonderful time & that Santa was good to you! Here is the playlist for my Vlogmas series in case you needed to catch up on any of them!
I have since stopped vlogging on my channel but will be back to three videos a week starting from 1st of January. In the meantime I'm vlogging a whole lot more over on the SacconeJolys channel so be sure to check it out! And you can watch our Christmas Day here:
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This post awesome like others. The gingerbread house look so cool! xx
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I loved seeing your instagrams of Christmas. It looks like you all had a magical Christmas. X
ReplyDeleteLove this! Im gonna miss your vlogmas posts :( but Yay for vlogging on SacconeJolys!
ReplyDeleteThe post is awesome like always. The gingerbread house looks gorgeous and delicious. Love you xx
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Your makeup always looks so flawless!
ReplyDeleteIt was so lovely to see the kids and you all going to see Santa! It's memories like those that'll stay with you when they are all grown up!
I am so excited to see your videos at three a week in then New Year! Speaking of which, I hope you and your family and anyone else reading this comment have a very happy new year! xx
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Your hair has got so long!! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love the green polo neck looks so comfy.. The gingerbread house looks adorable and well done to you for excerising over the festive period.. Hope you had a wonderful christmas x
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Aaawh. Such beautiful photos. You guys looked great!
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You look absolutely gorgeous Anna! And what a lovely family, it looks like you had an amazing Christmas time!
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Hope you had a lovely Christmas Anna! <3
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Is your magazine column released soon Anna? Can't wait to read it, I love reading your blog! <3 x
ReplyDeleteAnna! Love spending Christmas with you guys via your vlogs. You really did do a great job vlogging and it was nice to see that you have a different style of it. I have thought of taking up vlogging as a hobby. It looks like so much fun (although a lot of work) and it would be so nice to have our memories preserved in that way and share them with others. One thing makes me hesitate and that is putting my children on the internet. I know you've been asked about that before, and I always love your answer: that because of your daily vlogging, your children have both parents full time. Which is fantastic! And I do agree. But I wonder how do you get over the nasty comments and creepy people, especially where it concerns your kids? Has it ever made you consider stopping vlogging? Or do all the good things still outweigh the bad (I suppose they do, or you wouldn't be doing it now! Lol)? I probably need to just step out in faith and have fun before worrying about all of the possibilities that may or may not happen. Just if you have a moment, I would love to get your honest perspective! Thanks so much! You are so lovely and I appreciate you guys :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the curls - they look 'curlier' than usual! Looks like you had an amazing Christmas, loved the Harrods Santa vlog. Hope things work out with Eduardo and his big boy bed soon! Xxx
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Merry Christmas! It looked like such a fun-filled lead up to the big day. If we lived in London I would love to take my son to the Harrods experience, it looked like so much fun! Hope you can catch up on some sleep now that the bars are back up on Eduardo's cot. We had a very similar situation so put up one of those mesh guards that stop them from falling out. Because it's on his cot there is only a small gap at the end where he could squeeze out and I think it might be too much effort for him most of the time (although I have found him lying on the bottom of his change table in the morning haha). Look forward to your main channel videos in January! xxx
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ReplyDeleteCutest pictures! Just wanted to say that I enjoyed your blog, video's and your vlog channel a lot in 2015, I think your an amazing and gorgeous family! I hope for the world your channel will grow and everyone will know about it :) Keep up the good work Anna, I enjoy it a lot!
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Love! <3 Your Christmas tree is outstanding. Love the ribbons on the gifts too. Emilia and Eduardo: the light of Christmas just shone through in the purest way possible. Twinkling stars...
ReplyDeleteLove your blog Anna! One of the best! :) x
ReplyDeleteHello Anna , I have a two year old girl . When she was 20 months or so , she also climbed the bars of her crib and picked up a huge scare. Then we removed the bars , but we put a smaller removable bar than the length of the bed , afraid she swings herself off the bed asleep. So it would let her fall of the bed, but can go up and down by the end of the bed as the bed of your daughter . The difference is that the bar is larger and removable and can be taken on the road. And look at my little girl never got out of bed , even when she wakes up she waits for us . I do not know if it was the trauma of falling from the cradle , or if is to see the bar she thinks it's the crib bars.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, I love reading your posts. Ha ha look at Wardo in the last pic...Cutie <3
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I love reading your posts! I really want to create my own domain and blog site as well. which domain do you use?
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