Last week Baby and I were at a loose end, so we decided to pay a visit to a very special character. I have been really busy recently and haven’t started to think about ‘our’ Christmas, the one away from the gift guides and giveaways. I yearned to feel a little festive and share some special moments with Baby, so we set off to John Lewis. Rumour had it, Monty was there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iccscUFY860
Here is the wonderful John Lewis video (in case you have been living in a hole for the last couple of weeks!)
We were not disappointed. Monty was there in his own icy den, providing a perfect opportunity for parents to snap away. I apologise now as I know these pictures aren’t the greatest quality, they are hasty phone snaps, in less than idea lighting. However, to me they are wonderful, so I hope you will forgive me.
She was keen to get on the little podium and meet Monty.
Even if she did tell him off a little! I am not sure why. I think this is a great idea from John Lewis, our ordinary day was made quite special and it didn’t cost us anything. For children (and adults!) meeting characters, such as Monty, is wonderful and it certainly made me feel festive. I also thought back to last year when Baby was 8-9 months old and wasn’t walking. Now she is climbing up to meet this wonderful character. Such a lot has happened in the last year.
We decided to go for a little wander around the Christmas decorations department, it was wonderful! (Oh and I do realise I have her reins on back to front, it had been a challenging morning!). Baby was taken with everything, the lights, trees, stockings and most of all the decorations. I am not really 100% sure why, but watching her looking at the decorations and pick some out felt very special indeed. I realised that this year our little girl will have so much more awareness of Christmas and will begin to really enjoy it. I vowed then to make this a very special Christmas.
It took her quite a while to pick her favourite decorations. She did change her mind a few times.
Then got quite distracted by the ones hanging on the tree. I think our tree at home might end up stripped bare!
Eventually she settled on a reindeer and a little fox with a bell in it. Standing in the queue (before Baby handed the lady her decorations to pay for them, so cute!) I decided that this was going to be a tradition for us. A simple trip to the shop was quite magical and each year we will go back and Baby will be allowed to pick two new decorations.
I love these simple family traditions, which all contribute to a very special Christmas for all of us.
The only slight disappointment for both of us, was that after falling in love with Monty, we learned that John Lewis has sold out both in store and online. The only option would be to buy an extortionately priced one from Ebay (which we are not doing).
Do you have many Christmas traditions?
I am linking up with the following fabulous bloggers and their lovely linkys.
Katie from Mummy Daddy Me for #OrdinaryMoments
Jaime at The Olivers’ Madhouse for #MagicMoments 
Charly at Podcast Dove for #What’sTheStory 
Disclosure: This post is not sponsored content, I simply love the advert and the shop!
