Poppy puts the christmas tree up.

Been a busy weekend. Emma asked if we could have Poppy for the afternoon on Saturday and overnight as they had arranged to visit the German market in Birmingham and then planned a night out. Gray went into work for an hour and a quarter (karate in the community centre on a Saturday morning) and when he got home we popped to the shops for a few bits and pieces that we needed. We had only been home about five minutes when Emma arrived to drop Poppy off almost an hour early as everyone had decided to set off earlier for Birmingham. Good job we got home when we did or she would have found an empty house! We had lunch and then Poppy wanted to play, built some towers with her bricks, made some pictures with her new button board, drew some pictures on her blackboard, played with the dolls house, did some puzzles, you name it, we did it!  She was tired but denied that she was and kept going, occasionally reaching for dummy and snuggly for a cuddle on my lap before sliding down and getting something else out! Grandad took the dogs for a walk but it was getting dark outside and really cold so she was not very pleased that he went without her as she really wanted to go along, she seems to be starting with yet another cold, a permanent hazard during the winter, and it was not a good idea to take her out into the cold, much better that she stayed in the house and kept warm. She ate a good tea and then played for a little while longer, though she was shattered and kept telling me she was tired so I got her ready for bed in her new Peppa Pig sleep suit. We kept asking her if she wanted to go to bed but she kept shaking her head and saying no, though it was obvious she was half asleep so around 8pm grandad took her upstairs and within about five minutes she fell asleep. She was a bit restless though as she kept coughing but she settled eventually. She woke a couple of times when she lost her dummy, and was a bit disturbed by what seemed to be a bad dream but she slept through until just before 7am when she suddenly woke us by calling Grandma in a bit of a panicky voice, I think it was a bit too dark and she was a little unsure of where she was. Grandad got up before I could and brought her into our bedroom where she lay between us for a while asking "whats that noise?" (Barney wagging his tail against the wall) and "wheres my Lily", (she was lying on the end of the bed.) After asking what the noise was several times, and asking where Lily was quite a few times too, then a spirited rendition of Jingle bells courtesy of Poppy, we realised there was no way she was going back to sleep so Grandad decided he would get up with her and take her down for breakfast, very kindly letting me have a lie in! I even got a bacon butty and cup of tea in bed which was nice. When I got downstairs Grandad had got Poppy dressed, even changed her nappy (which he managed to get on the right way round this time) and they had half the toys out all over the place! Emma and Lee arrived to fetch her about 10am and they were so pleased to see her, as she was to see her Mummy and Daddy.  They stopped for a cuppa and a chat for a while then headed off to get Pops christmas present, hoping she would have a sleep in the car because by this time she was tired. I have heard they put the christmas tree up this afternoon and Poppy was so excited so we are going to wait until Poppy is here to put ours up with her. :-)