First day of Advent

I can't believe it is the 1st of December! I truly am shocked how quickly this year has gone and that Christmas will soon be here!
Father Christmas called at our house last night, he dropped off the children's advent train and tree!! He's filled them with lots of nice little treats so we can countdown to his visit on Christmas eve! Charlie is in awe of his train! He did have it last year but doesn't remember it! (We had the tree too but it had to wait in it's box for the arrival of it's owner)
It delights us to see how much the children enjoyed this morning.
We have quite a bit planned of Christmas activities in the run up to Christmas and I don't know who is more excited, the children or me, LOL! We're heading to Dalton Zoo, they have a fantastic set up for seeing Father Christmas, first of all there is a beautiful nativity where the children can dress up and interact within the nativity, then you go through to the big guy who last year was fast asleep in his armchair and we had to wake him singing Jingle Bells! Then at some point we'll be visiting the Christmas lights at the bungalow on Westgate, he decorates his house every year for charity, it's an amazing sight! On the 19th we are going to the church nativity and then on the 24th to the Christingle. I really can't wait.