Absolutely so big. I think this is just a must have isn't it? No you got to bite it. You take it. Yes man. Look at this. Look at this. Look at your eyes. I'm literally sat during the last short. It's big isn't it? I'm literally. All right. Ow. Good morning. Good morning. You want to be a good week of your time stairs. Come on. I'm going to ask that lady. And what about Mr. Greench? Yeah I didn't think much. That's the right. That's right. That's right. No, no, no. That's right. So much mud. Yeah. Where did it go? On my mind. Yeah, you fell out right there. Let's see if we can find Belfay. What the? Nicky. She said that's a new thing yesterday. What the flicker. Oh, well, well. Oh, well. Belly. How did he find up there? Oh my goodness. Well, he got naughty down well. No, he got a little bit naughty girl. naughty girl. Belly's from playing Hot Wheels in the night. Oh my god. And you know what? Belly is a dance. So that's the girl. Oh, Belly is a girl. Okay. I got all that. Okay, I'm going to see. Oh. I did it. Come on. You did it. Woo. Belly got all your Hot Wheels card out. Yeah. I love it. That's a good start. Oh, how are we going to put the Nutcracker star in today, Tadzie. Healthy. Bellies in the way with the Christmas tree is going to go. Oh no. Oh my goodness. Come on. Shall we go and get breakfast? Yeah. Guys, we need to get breakfast. Because it's a bit later today. And we've got to get you to school. Yeah. But the darkness is gonna be thrown us off again. It's like seven look at the look outside Not a boo, right now. Thank you. No boo! I'm gonna go now. I'm gonna go now. I'm gonna go now. And you're gonna start the desert. That's it. Get to the wall. We're gonna get the desert. Oh, the artisans. Oh, it's artisans. Papa. He can chew the duck. Look at him. They're so crisp and see you look today. Look at your little sparkly jacket. Good girl. Where are we going, Navey? There's a little bit of a tiny birdie. Go into a tiny birdie and then the buzzie's house. Yeah, but I'm good. And buzzie's house. Yeah. Can't forget buzzie. There's a buzzie boy. Is that buzzie boy? No, who's that? It's Navey boo, isn't it? Well, you know, you've got much to know about birds. Well, what is that? So Christmas trees. Are they wrapped up? Look at your trousers. Are they the same as my mates? Yeah. You've got matching in. We're matching today. In our double green. In your green child fits. We've got your green. You got your cake. It's okay, that's what you win. Good morning, guys. You joined me after I really stupidly. I really got help in. I really stupidly decided to read Otis first report. It came out this morning and I feel like, Oh my god, it's available to read like read out. And I was like, yes, sure. Absolutely, so big. It's like you'll break down on each kind of like, every school life of like, Maths and English and beer. Oh, my God. And then like a gym round of it the end. I like, there is nothing to describe the feeling of like, somebody else. I guess seeing what we see. Yeah. I don't know. It's like a real like sense of pride. And obviously, Otis has never been to like a nursery setting before. So for her to go to school, we're such a big deal to like me and Alfie, because we spend all our time with Otis until that point. And even now I still find it really strange that like, the teachers get to spend all that time with her. Almost jealous. So I get so jealous. And obviously she doesn't give us like full rundowns of her day. But it's so nice to read that she's like actually enjoying herself and like the teachers get to see what we know of Otis. And she's having a really nice time with them. I don't know. I'm just very emotional. It's also really bad that this is like the first day of my period. I read that. This is not a good time. It's very cute. There was a bit in there when she said she loves telling us all about home life and how much her mummy loves Halloween. I was like, oh my God. That's so nice. She even says, yes, she's at mummy. What do you love more Halloween or Christmas? Yeah. So I'm so Christmas. So maybe she's gone in today to tell her that I love Christmas. But anyway, it was lovely. This wasn't the start of the video. It was something nice of all. It was everything I could have ever hoped in a report for Otis. And it just summed her up so perfectly. And yeah, that, oh my God, it was not expecting that for goodness sake. What I was going to come on and say is that we're actually on our way to actually do the tea tea. Like, so look at me. So I was going to think something awful. It doesn't help as well that my voice doesn't, isn't still not back. Oh, the pleasure. She's in this guy. I'm not a mummy, place girl. Anyway, I'm fine. I'm fine. But that was like, it was like pride cry. You know what I mean? Somebody did say, when your child goes to school, you feel this whole new emotion that you have not really ever felt to this extreme before. And that's pride for your child in like whole other way. And I have to say, 100% agree. Like, there are so many amazing milestones and things you feel as your child grows. But I've never been more proud of Otis since she started school. I think that for me, that's because the milestones are on the way. Like, we're helping her learn. Whereas this is like she's doing it herself. She's like, this is like out of our control. Yeah. And she's still like that. Do you know what I mean? She's a good friend to everybody. And you know what's funny is like, yeah, mass English blah blah blah. But it's the stuff that's like, she helps. She really can give somebody a tattoo. She's really a tattoo. I'm sure they're very happy. I'm like, oh, that's the stuff that is so important. It's like her little character and like how, you know, how kindness and how values and just how she treats other people in the classroom. Because we're not there to see that. And we know Otis, obviously. But I don't know, you don't see it. So it's so nice. I'm like, oh, I just like, yeah, that was just like the best thing I've ever read in my life. I feel like I need to print that out. I need to print that out. And like, we need to read it to later. To love it. I'd show your parents. I feel like you're not going to cry. I'm not going to cry. And you're not going to cry. Oh, I didn't even cry like this, which he did her activity for goodness sake. Well, I could think of them at the time. You've gone over the years like, why are you crying? Oh, when you become a parent or just like breaks into a thousand pieces and everything makes you cry. Anyway, what I, where are all these? Is this it? I don't know, but this is the location. Oh, it's there. It's there. Anyway, I just saw my face out before we got the car. But we jumped in the car because we're going to drop no veto, mandra and next today. They've got their day with no v. And we thought before going to there as we would stop and do a little bakery pit stop because, as you guys know, I love this. And people who own earth also own this bakery. Every time I mention earth, everyone's like, have you been to their bakery? I can't believe you have to enter their bakery. They are. So that's where we are today. We've come to the bakery to get some pastries. It's meant to be incredible. I feel like everything those guys do is insane. So I just, so my expectations are high. Yeah, we're getting out. We're all going to go. And we're going to go and grab some. So I'm going to go and grab some. So I'm going to go and grab some. So I'm going to go and grab some. And grab some, so that's what my face out first. Because I look really sad. I also have absolutely haven't had breakfast. We need to. So I'm planning on. Oh, my goodness. I'm feeling good right now. I'm very hungry. Let's eat. Do you not remember just down here? This is the way? This is the way. It's the way. Is this the way? It's the way. This is how you go down here. Did you never come? No, I didn't go to hot yoga. I guess I think of nothing works. I think too hot is not my vibe. You got a gym membership now. Yeah but I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't go to the gym in like 40 degree here. Zoe, you just gym go now. You've got to just admit it. I need to blow my nose. I would've thought yoga. Don't worry about it. Go on. Go on. I'm going to go on. Go on. Go on. I'd just enjoy it. Go on. You've been like once. Why are you talking like you go all the time? I've been to that hot yoga. Probably three times. And that used to go to the other one. Near the old office. Okay. What's that? You're pretty hungry. Do I look like you're a bit like you're a bit like me. And an extra breakfast. No you look great now. I've still got kind of lying. But the one thing is like you know like the glistening eyes like the watery eyeballs. That's fine. Okay. That's okay. Oh it looks so cute. What's the window? Your neighborhood bakery. There's a Christmas tree. I need to get back on that. Oh my throat. We've literally got this at home. Pop and Sean bought it for us the other day. Maybe what do you want? I'm going to try to try to cupcake. I think this is just a must have as an app. Yes. We get one of those. I've wrapped this in the street. Wait, we also get it from my parents as well. Or maybe a couple of each then. Wow. Daddy's coming back. Look. Watch him out the window. Should we go get back in the car and go to an any dad dad? No need. It's so funny. It's so funny. It's like if you thought a cupcake. To have what she's here. Who's it for? Is it for mommy? No, be. On mommy. No, no, no. Oh, there's no, there's. Look at this little. You're helping. Postbox is so cute. I want to give you. I want to give you. I want to give you. I want to give you. I want to give you. I want to give you. I want to give you. Oh. I was like, come in here guys. Guys, come in here. Oh, nice. It's ridiculous, isn't it? Do you know what is actually in this one? Yeah. Just breakfast. I have no idea. Breakfast. I say we just get everything out and all just. But, share it. Oh, this is the winner mum in here. You're not even ready. Oh, yeah. Get that one out. How do you? That's what I'm most excited about. Is the chocolate orange or is it called? I'm going to Instagram. Poppies call them me at the mobile. What are you up to? Look at this. Look at this. Got to go. So we've got to eat them. See you later. No. That's not bad. I was like give me a bite. What do you want to bite of water? Don't wait. No, I don't want to bite. Yeah, you do. What do you want to bite off? Do you want to bite this one? Don't do it. Come and bring it to that. I'm going to squeeze into mum's crocs. Oh, these are actually so comfy with the fluff in the inside. Go. I'm going to add these to my Christmas list. That's outrageous that you drove to Mum and Dad's house. Just so you can have a bite. That's so lazy. We are going this way. No, you weren't. That is so lazy. That is so big. What do you want to see? Is it a sandwich? It's like one of those metal things. Imagine I got it. I'll be now if you just put your foot down and drove off. It's not like that. How am I meant to even have a bite? I can't. Wow. You got to bite it. I'm going to bite it. I'm going to bite it. If I take it. Go on. Take a good chunk of it. This is basically like me having a croissant. You have to try it on the camera. You can't just take it. No one's tried it in yet. Is it good? It's done. I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll be showing Amanda. Poppy's Christmas present. Oh my goodness. I don't think I can eat it. Thank you. Thank you. I think that's a good idea. Which one do you want? This one? A bit of that. She's done. She gave me the chocolate one. She put it all on your plates. I know. Maybe look at this. Maybe. Maybe. Is that good? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Come on. Come on. Come on. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. Oh, these are great. Yes. These ones are ham and cheese. Yeah. In here. And this is turkey, brie and cranberry. I'll come and bear. And this is a breakfast. This is no vise job for the day. She's going to decorate the grand kid tree. So, otis always decorated this tree. It hasn't she. Yeah. And now it's no vise turn and then it will be dotis turn. No, no, it tastes full. Garden center. Yes. Do you love it? Yeah. I love it. I can sense the sarcasm from here. I'm here. I can't hear this. I can't hear this. I can't hear this. I can't hear this. Really? She lost that book. Oh, wow. Can you see? Can you see? Can you see? I'm being sure if I did a slig garden center, but we were obviously dropping over your mandarin next. And then you went out and gave Poppy the class on. Yeah. They were on their way to the garden center. And we could try and be faster than we were like. Should we go sneak up on them? So, we're going to go see if we can find them. They don't know we're on the way. No. I think they could potentially be having breakfast. How can we, we should relax skewsly? We should put on some Christmas masks if they sell any. So we've got Poppy on. Hello. Hello. That's so cute. We just met a woman that stopped to say hello and she's watching blogmas. And she showed us a little one good, oddity. I see inspired by her. Yeah. That's so cute. So I've got like most of my family on find my. Which is something we might not like. But it's so useful. Then you can do stuff like this and spy on them. You're stuck with your family then. So we can see exactly where they are. Looks like they're in the restaurant. In the food bit or not the food bit. No. Yeah. I think they're in here. Walking in late two evening. Oh, I can see Shaun. He's straight ahead. Are you seeing that? Yeah. Sorry, Shaun is surprised, dotty. Hello guys. So much of the day has already passed and honestly, the edit from yesterday and we added the question of the end yesterday. Just took Alfie and I so much longer to film and edit than we thought. Then we had to go pick up the up from school. So it's already getting dark and I feel like we've not even really started the day. It's definitely one of those days that has completely run away with us. And I'm not going to lie to you. I'm still not feeling very well. I don't know how I'm still filming. I'm really sorry if you feel like the vibe is off. That my voice is just so irritating. I'm really trying with the little energy that I have left because I just want you guys to get your day dose of Vlogmas. I'm really hoping that in the next coming days I start to get my energy back. I start to get my voice back and I start to feel a little better if I'm on the list. I would really like that for me and for you. So yeah, I do apologize this vlog today, maybe a little shorter than normal. But yeah, I'm trying. I'm really trying. I'm actually going to put a little bit of lip balm because my lips are so very dry. Okay, that's a little better. I'm also making it do with the light that I have here. It's not the best. What am I doing with my hair? I've got a slightly fringe thing going on. It's very old school Zowella, but here we are. I'm also wearing my glasses. You may notice. Don't know if anybody else gets this. So when I am extra homeowner around that time in the month, I can't say my vision is really blurred. And I can't read things on my phone and I can't like see anything on the TV. I just really struggle to like see clearly. So all the things that glasses out and I'm actually getting a bit of headache. So I figured this would probably be good. I actually had it a lot during both my pregnancies. Actually, when the hormones were doing this, I would get no bleeds and wouldn't be able to see anything. So it is one of those months that my hormones are really affecting my vision. Just to add to the list of things, you know. It's not like that already was on the floor. Thanks, body. This section of the video. I am beyond excited to sit and film for you. And I know for anyone that's been here a long time, for anyone that's been a fan of Vlogmas over the years. For anyone that has been reading my blog since 28, 2008, I was supposed to say 2018 then, but I have been blogging a lot longer than that. You may be aware of my... I was going to say love. It's more love and obsession with love and obsession. With lush. Lush products have been a huge part of my life. Ever since I got my first work paycheck. I have been buying lush products for that long. Quite literally. And so it brings me great joy to say that this part of the vlog is sponsored by lush. But as you guys know, it is a brand I have loved and told about and shared with you over the years. I would rather have African do a little... I would have if you could do a little montage. Even if it's just of the thumbnails of all the lush halls over the years. Maybe not all of them. Maybe a couple of them. Because yeah, they are a brand that I just adore everything about. And we'll continue to love and talk about them for the rest of time. I also also a brand that my daughter's now love to, which is just like extra special. I then went into lush. Oh, something poking out here. They have their Christmas stock. So I went a bit lush crazy on the Christmas things. It smells like snow fairy. It has a little bell on it. You run your bath and you switch this around in the bath. And it makes bubbles and it makes your bath go pink. They had all their new winter and how ween in Christmas stuff in. And we got a bit excited and a bit carried away. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Hello, everybody. Today I am going to do a little bit of a haul for you. Because I don't think I've done a haul in quite a while. And I walked past the lush shop yesterday. And there were far too many things in there that I had not yet seen as it was like Halloween and Christmas themed. One of everything that they have for Christmas. I would say I've probably been buying lush Christmas products for six or seven years. And every Christmas I get more and more excited about what new products they might have on offer. A huge package of not one box. Not two boxes. But three boxes. One of my all time favorite bath bombs. Set the bomb. Oh, my god. That smells like Christmas. What a hell in that. Cinnamon, cinnamon leaf oil. Or if you want a bath, it smells like Christmas. You want this one. This is one of my favorite. Love this night. It's very fresh, but it was so make sure that it came for running. Let's go inside and see what the day has in store. That's the day that's so nice. It's scientifically shown by working in a work university to calm the mind. Wow, I've actually got a pervy one with it in today. But it smells delightful. It's really good for perfect steam. Just like just untouched green. It's like I'm really diving. Very much. It's perfect for Easter. Yeah. I want to have the twilight bath bomb. Spricks myself with twilight. I should have got somebody this for Christmas. Oh, my god. The sleepy cream. I've just had a delivery. From lush. She's gone and done a hole. A Christmas flush hole. Now, as you can see, we're already big fans of the lush Christmas African calendar over here. But that is not the only thing lush do. As we know, lush have hundreds and thousands of amazing products in their stores and online. And at this time of year, they do gifting song effortlessly well. It's something that when people say, I just don't really know what to get you for Christmas. I'm like a lush gift set. There will be somebody in your life who loves baths and showers and body products as much as you. I can almost guarantee it. So as you guys know, lush hand-make all of their products. And I can attest to this because I've actually been lucky enough in my time over the years to visit one of the lush warehouses where they create and make all of the products individually by every member of the team. Making it, packaging it, putting the little sticker of their face on there that tells you who made it. Like, it's incredible. And I actually did get to hand-make some of the products. So I can tell you now, they really are all handmade. They all hand-picked and wrapped with care and all in recycled packaging as well. There really is something for everyone. There are different price points, things for baths, things for showers, there's gift boxes. You could even create your own, they have the little wraps. I actually have one of their little baskets up here. To actually store bath bombs in, you could create your own one of those. The ideas are endless. But I'm going to show you a few of the things I have bought. Again, I'm not going to say who I have in mind for these. I'm not going to lie to some of these, but they just stay with me because they're very good. Let's start this is the night before Christmas. Firstly, I love the box. I would 100% keep this. This looks like something from the 90s. They're really tapping into my 90s nostalgia with this box. This is incredible. So this one's called the Night before Christmas. And this has Sheikster's Bath Bomb, Fireland Night Bath Bomb, Magical Santa Bath Bomb, the Star Wonder Bath Bomb, and a reindeer bath bomb. So if anybody you know with a bath, who loves their bath bombs, this would be an ideal Christmas present. Oh, it just smells so good. Okay, I loved the sound of this. I haven't seen this before. So my mum and her husband and her parents don't have a bath. So I'm always kind of on the hunt for something where it's kind of more suited to showers. And I saw this, and I thought this looked really good. This is called the Gormond Shabbers. And in it, you get a mixture of different shower gels. So you've got the sticky dates shower gel. If you guys have not smelled this, I urge you next time you walk past a lush shop or you're in there. You need to smell this shower gel. It is incredible. The posh chocolate shower gel. Again, smells incredible. And let the good times roll shower gel. I don't know if a smell that would actually, but I thought that would be a great gift for somebody who doesn't have a bath, but prefer maybe a shower. What else have we got? This feels so old-school. Like I've literally sat during the last fall. I love it. Right. Again, sticking with the shower vibe, we have this. How cool is that packaging, by the way. The new green need to wrap some of these up. You could put this under the tree and it looks great. This is shower all the way. So this is lava scrub and slay your way to Christmas day with 12 shower body calories. So you have got in this set. The Gormond Pash shower gel, north pole soap, your log soap, Humbug scrubbing body scrub, the green green body lotion, Sweet Wild Orange Hand Bomb, your log shower gel. That smells incredible, by the way. Celebrate body lotion and shoot for the stars body scrub. Merry Christmas everyone, shower gel. I feel like I need to open this just to smell that. I haven't smelled that. I didn't see that one. Celebrate the best time of year with orange and lime scent to cheer. Oh, that sounds great. And repeat, put balm and sticky days for the body spray. This is basically a really good mixture of a lot of different products in the store. Minus anything that goes in a bath. So anyone who doesn't have bath again, a really great present. So I know, I actually can't imagine I haven't bath. Like a bath for me is like, sorry, my hair is so flat. I don't know what I'm doing with this. How can I sort this out? I'm going to just let's go middle-party. My goodness me, my bath is like my comfort blanket. If I could have a bath, I don't know why I do. I'm going to lie. Then for the girls, because as we know, they are the newest lush fans in this household. I created all them. Some Christmas tins, which I know they are going to act as a routine love. We've got lots of different things in here. So you could create a little tins for somebody and like individually pick things out. Or you could use basket, got basket there. Or they have the wraps in store, which they usually have like behind the till. Where you can pop a couple of things in and like kind of tie it up, which is really lovely. And then you can keep the wrap as well. So in this one, we have Snow Fairy Shower Jelly. Now, my girls don't really love a shower, but they love a shower jelly. You find me a child, but isn't going to sit and play with this. And if it's going to get them clean at the same time, I'm here for it. Here's an example of the sticker by the way. So this is the person that created the product. She made this shower jelly. And I've always really loved this about lush. This is Christina. Thank you for making the shower jelly Christina. They also have like the use by dates and things on there too, which is always very useful. Okay, so we have the shower jelly. We have Snowman Dreaming Bath Bomb. I think I might open them because I think I'm going to like maybe put some tissue paper in this and like pat it out there. And then just display them inside without packaging. So the girls, so I'm sure they won't mind something, opening them up. Anything with rainbow in it is a winner in this house. Oh my gosh, that smells so good. It's a bit coconutty. Candy cane bubble bath. There we go. Oh my goodness me. Oh, just like this. Then I got the sparkly broccoli bubble bath. This one is actually fluffy because she loves broccoli. I just figured she might find this quite amusing. But there's like an actual broccoli as a bath product. Oh my goodness me, that smells incredible. Look at it. Okay, sorry guys, my battery just ran out. So if the angle has changed slightly, that is why. But let me scooch back in. So I was going to say, oh my gosh, getting to work in the lush development team must just be one of the most fun jobs ever. Like just coming up with all these incredible, like, concepts and this is so much fun. Stock in the chimney bath bomb. Sorry, have you seen anything more adorable in your life ever? Okay, it comes out. You've got two bath bombs. You've got the chimney and you've got far the Christmas is legs. So there's that as well. That's in one of the tins. Yes, another tins. Oh my gosh, this is just so cute. Does anybody still have a biscuit tin? Is this a thing that people still have? I feel like my nands, like on both sides, always had a tin of biscuits. But don't put up our biscuits in a tin generally. We eat them before they're in it. But yet, still have a biscuit tin. I bought the sleepy bear shower jelly because again, this is a lot of fun for a child in a bath. And that is all, honestly, guys. The sleepy-ranging lush is one of my favourite sets in the world. A card explained to you, the comfort it gives me to smell this smell. Carming lavender flower in fusion and oil to help you rest through the winter. Oh, it's just the nicest fragrance. And they have a few things with dysregor and definitely give those a sniff. Butter bear, this is a classic, my girl's lover butter bear. It's a great starting bath bomb for any of your little ones. And this is a little Christmas version, which is just so cute. Again, just the most comforting, comforting smell. It has cocoa butter in this one. So it's really nice and softening on the skin. Golden angel delight. So I thought they would have a lot of fun with this in the bath. It's so cute. Oh, that smells great. If there are any lush employees watching this video, please can you comment down below your favourite, totally grey or lush item. I would love to know, like, as an employee, I just assume you've probably smelled it all. You've probably felt it all. You've probably used it all. So I'd love to know what your one thing you would recommend to somebody coming into store would be. And I cannot wait to read your responses because I love stuff like that. I love knowing what the favourite is. Like someone who's like lived and brewed it for many, many years. Okay, and then this is very, lots, no fairy-like spark bombs. And this is like another big one. This is so cool. Look at that. And then it has, oh my gosh. My girls are going to lose their minds. It's got lots of tiny little multi-colored bits of bath bomb inside it. It's going to be a fun one in the bath. Those I have walked for the girls. And I'm going to pop them in these little tins. And they are going to be so excited going through these on Christmas morning. I actually genuinely feel like I need to tell Alfie, maybe to make one piece for me. Alfie, if you're watching, which I know you are because you're as tingles, I would love for you to create me my perfect, lush tins for Christmas. Honestly, that would just make me so happy. But yes, there we go. Tins. That is the lush haul that I have done. As I touched on this earlier, all of Lush's products are just made to the most incredible standard. The craftsmanship of every item is beyond anything I've ever known. As I said, all handmade hand wrapped by real people, the ingredients are all fresh and ethically sourced. And they really do just go above and beyond to give the user or the consumer of their products the best experience. And I think that is why for me, I have been a returning customer for most of my adult life if I'm honest. I'd love to know the age I was when I got my first Lush product. But I do remember walking into store, my local store was the bath store back in the day. After I'd been paid and just feeling like I wanted to buy the entire shop. One thing I also really love about Lush. And I think this is the same for a lot of you guys. Is that like nostalgic feeling? Especially around this time of year. And I feel like Lush is that for me because their products have always been the same. They, you know, the same smells, that same like cozy comforting feeling that you know what you're going to get and you're going to be really happy with it. So that's how I feel about Lush, especially at this time of year, they just do Christmas so well. So if you are watching this and you feel inspired to gift somebody something from Lush or even just to add it to your own wish list. Then I'll leave a link down below where you can explore the full Christmas range, go to town, just scroll and look. It's all just really nice to look at. Even if you don't end up buying anything, it's like it's such an experience just to even look at everything. Or obviously head into store too. If you do happen to go on over to the website using my link down below and you spend over 15 pounds, then you'll receive a free 115 gram bottle of snow fairy, which is great. If you want to get yourself a little free product then yeah, use the link down below. So it's up until the 20th of December. So you have that long to use a link and anything you order over 15 pounds, you'll get something free. So you'll be able to keep that for yourself or add it to somebody else's gift pile. This was very fun. This was yeah great. I love me, I love you, Lush. Right, I'm going to hide these now because the girls are going to start not only just ripping everything out here for their baths. They'll start on this if they see it. So let's put this away. And I think, Alcy is downstairs. Hopefully clearing space. But I have to put the Christmas trees up because as you saw in yesterday's video one of them looked really tall. Not actually too short. It's going to fit where we want it to go. So we are about to find out. My throat is as dry as what's dry. My heel. I need some Lush for cream. Is my need. It's winter, okay? My feet could do with all of them. I'll see it's had a little friend for the last 10 or 15 minutes. One minute, you can't quite see. Let me see. There we go. That's a good name. Mr. Black spot. I love that. Let's pop him in the garden. Okay, so you need some food. You might be hungry. Yeah. Good job. Oh, he's just sweaty. Good bye, Mr. Spotty. Okay, well dinner is cooking. The decorations are coming down. That bitch's just going to have to stay out there. Is that right? No. Because mommy's not here. Let's do this. Are you ready? And up again? One, two, three. Two. Well, I don't want to. Just don't let mommy see. What? What are the mommy saying? Did you get it? You didn't even get it. Oh, God, this time of year. A tray bake is like just. The easiest, most delicious thing. I love it. It's so good. I don't have it long back. Got my little handsaw. No, don't laugh. Don't laugh. Because I've got my brand new chainsaw, which I'd just try to use. I was not here. I've got a high-end of a high-end me. But I haven't. I'm not out of my hands. No. The- Listen, listen, listen. Listen. I've got a button knife. However, yeah, and I'm the one that's going to have to settle with that. Oh, we've got a high-end of down here. Put them in all sharp sauce. No, this is it. Look, put it out. I can't do it one hand. No, no, no, but here's the thing. Look at it. I did just go to use my brand new chainsaw. And I said, did you charge it? And I said, no, the man in the shop told me he would charge it for me before I picked it up. Just went to use it. It's not charged. So don't worry, next time it will be charged and ready. What? I want you still using this rusty object. You just have like a knife. It's just... And nice new chainsaw. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. I don't know. I don't know. I'll chain saw. When I'm using a custom-be-like timing rusty-old or a brand new chain saw. Don't worry. Just like, and hand held loving sharp. Give me three minutes with this and it'll be perfect. I think it's perfect. I think it's perfect. I think it's perfect. I think it's perfect. I think it's perfect. All right. Would you like to cut it with the bread knife? I think I'll cut it with the bread knife. Right. Yes. Why is that high enough just pulling me around? Where are we going? So we can offer me once that this little trusty saw. I have had for many years. And it has never not got the job done. So that is the pamper today. And I've done things that's going to fail me now. The only thing that might fail me now. Is the size of this Christmas tree being way too tall. So the reason why I'm actually cutting the bottom is because last year, I don't know if you're a member, but we got our Christmas tree. And we always get the Christmas tree roughly on the first and December. However, because it's the first year obviously that off-season's been at school, we didn't want to go and collect it without her. So therefore we got it yesterday, which was Sunday the sick 7th 7th, which is a week later in New York. But last year and like every year we got it on the first. However, last year our Christmas tree didn't like drink enough water. We'd fill out with water and it would already be full from when we previously filled it up. It just wasn't like absorbing the water. And apparently that was because we didn't cut a little sliver off the bottom. And obviously this tree could have been cut. I don't know. A few days ago a week ago, I've no idea how like freshly cut Christmas trees are cut. But take a little sliver off the bottom here, but for putting it in the pot, it will be like a fresh cut. And therefore the sap won't have like sealed the bottom. And in theory I've been told it will drink the water better. And therefore not drop it, it's needles as quick and it will just be basically a happy journey. Ah, my mom and dad have just turned up with no big. It's like they're lighting me up for filming. Can't even believe that Zowie said that this wouldn't get the job done. Look at that, I didn't even need a little break. Nice clean, very straight cut. Perfect. Now I just need to get the tree inside and hopefully it's not too tall with a good thing is. And dad doesn't realise that he's now here to help me. He can help me carry it for happiness. No way! Oh, we're up there! You're good? Did you get excited? Yes. That's alright. Did you hear that on your bum? Yes. Can I have a cuddle? Guys, I'm home. How are you going to go? We're really? Yeah, she'll just take it in. I was going to take it around the back. I feel like there's two of us we should just take it in and through. Through this is the tree's coming in. Through this coming through. Oh my goodness! Through this! It's like good to see you guys at the front of the tree. It's like a good to see you guys at the front of the tree. She's ever doing that. You get by. Here we go. Is it gonna fit? It's got a nice clean cut on the bottom. Wow! I'm so surprised how it's moved. That is, can we? Can we? Can we? Considering the blunt tool you used to cut it? What a blunt. It was perfectly blunt. Here's the right nut, sharpness. So I've gone to this one. I think it's gonna fit, guys. You go around there. Oh yes, watch the farm Nick. I think it's gonna fit. I think it's gonna fit. I reckon that's a fit, guys. You just have to trim the tiniest bit off the top. I think it's a bit a bit a bit a bit more off the bottom. I could take off like another champion in the bottom. Yeah. Maybe just do that. I'll see the bottom leaves. Why you have a bit to do that. Okay, yeah. You need to trim the top. Yeah, just trim the top. Okay, someone's ringing. Pop these cool in there. Get too busy guys and family. Go get your skull. Get your skull for the drop. Yeah, I'll get some work for you. I'm just saying it's a bit of a... We can't really image trying to get the tree out. Oh my. Look how close that is for me. Can you see? I did not realize it was that big. Wow. Like the tiniest bit. You said you're gonna get this. That's so good. Yeah, that's... Like I've on the ladder so I can take it all the way up. Yeah. Yeah, but you can keep even more. I'll see this for toys Christmas trees ever seen. It's a big tree isn't it? It didn't. I mean it looked big there but it didn't. Yeah, it didn't. It just didn't outside in a farm. I mean like a massive... Where's our eyes? We were desperate. When we were called half now for a mother. We got to find... Oh, now it's quite deep. Yes, it's quite deep. You're gonna forget, he's a spiky one. Can you cut it? Can you reach out to a poor knowledge? Can I step up one more? Oh yeah, you've got that. Yeah, I can't quite reach out now. Yes, so you should do that. I mean, I'm not even gonna be able to put star in the tree this year. No, you've got my shoulders. Oh, I look so good. Is big isn't it? If you're going to have to make sure you're both free. Yeah, we've got new lights. I don't know if we're having enough decorations for both trees. We've got lots of new decorations in this. I've got loads of outfits, childhood ones. I've got a partner for. Yeah, why don't you still want those ones, Mum? Should we go go on your main tree? They're not main feet on your main tree. They're there, but they're back. Oh, it smells so good. I think this is my favorite tree. We've ever bought a tree. I don't know, but look at the size of it. Well, we've got a new coffee table coming. Oh yeah, I've got confirmation of delivering today. New coffee table and new table for in there. Yeah, table. Perfect. Sorry, but because I do now, perfect delivery day. 27 people December. It's that they can't do before Christmas. I mean, that looks great. I think stop there. Yeah. Very good for you. I'm so free. I'm so free. I'm so free. Right. We have had dinner. It was delicious. And we're about to start the bedtime routine. And I just wanted to say, I hope you guys don't mind that there are certain elements of our day that feel quite repetitive. Obviously, we have children. We have routines. We have things we stick by because that works well for them. And it works well for us. And obviously, audience in school, so she has a set bedtime. So it does sometimes feel quite repetitive. I personally quite like seeing other people's routines. And like their day-to-day things that they repeatedly do. But yeah, I just thought I would throw that out there because we are off to open the advent book. I have read a bedtime story. I love you even more than that. I love you even more than that. Let's get your jambis on. Right. Now, if he's getting hers on, let's see which ones have you got tonight. Oh, these look cozy, Ote. Okay, we've switched up the pajamas. Ote wanted to match Novey. And Novey has currently got these ones on. These are the Mori ones. They are incredibly soft. Should we read a different Christmas book tonight? Or just this one again? Here I go. Yeah, you like this one? Yeah, Daddy. We've been reading this book for eight days now. Oh. So funny because this was also Ote's favourite when she was Novey's age. It's just the Santa sound book by Osborne Books. They just love it. Oh, are you picture different one? Hello, I read it now. Oh, you read it to me then. Come and sit by me. Okay. I cannot tell you how much I just want to climb in here. Close my eyes. And go to sleep. How cozy this is. Literally my dream kids bedroom. I'm so excited. Let me just see. Oh, down the hard. Oh, we still got so many left. I actually need this. This is how many days we've gotten till Christmas Ote. How many books are left in here? I don't know, but that is a lot of things. Yeah, it's quite a lot still. Which one do you want? Actually, this is my favourite rat in paper. Oh, is that the one you like the most? Yeah, I like the most. So should we open this one? I don't need that. Let's do this one. Oh, really taking your time with this one tonight. Right. You opening this one? Yeah. Okay. What do we think it's going to be? Please. Oh, who's this? Who's this? Who's this? Whoa! Yeah, look at that. Yeah, hey. She ran out to the side of the house and case the tree should come and get her. Come down, shout to the tree. Come down, Monk. I'm sorry. They were a whole... What was that, was? Don't forget where you belong. Oh, oh, I can't say. Have you ever been so long? More tap tapping, baby guys. That's really the most offensive thing you've ever said. That's outrageous. I'm just a shopping bag, guys. I think honestly, I've been there in like... Probably five years since your brother rinse me, but I say... I completely said that. Every blog I said, I'm all tap tapping. And all tucked up in bed. What was I thinking? What was I thinking? What was that thing? Why? Why did I even end everybody in bed? Why am I wearing like... God, we end this. Every blog in bed. Yeah, but we're like on the bed. Yeah, we're not going to actually go into bed. Yeah, that's fair. I used to fall in the half years. I ended every blog was on the floor. Oh, you have got shorts on. Sorry. I saw your leg and I was like... I'm not wearing the shorts. I've got a blog appropriate outfit. I'm wearing like the tightest gym vest. I feel like I need to have a few shorts. I've got three questions. The first question. How are you getting on with fourth wing? Because everyone needs to know. How much more of you redsens? How are we? All I'm gonna say is don't worry about me, you worry about yourself. That means he's red no more of it. I'm... I'm... I'm wasn't cool when you... You're actually... I'm translating that for you. Well, let me go for it. I'm sure I've thought that this vest is outrageous. You have a dress. A drink. A little drink. Could you just fill this with cold water for me? What? Telling me about a month to fill up. Are you kidding me? Let me go to the bath and use the bath tab. Somebody just said they think I have Laura and Jyter. What is that? Laura and Jyter. Wait a second. Oh, maybe I'd do. Oh, no. Maybe I'd do have Laura and Jyter. Wait. What are you talking about? You're not well. I haven't heard you mention that in one vlog yet. I'm not vlogging. I would have been in bed. I haven't heard it. Doing nothing. I literally wouldn't have had any idea that you were... I'm wearing... Good. I'm joking. You're killing that. You're just drinking out. The world's biggest bottle. It's also like thick glass. Oh, this is so nice. The drink out. This is like my favourite bottle. Right. And here we have three questions. No, not serious. Fourth wing. I feel like I did read another 20 pages. I'm stopping lying. No, no. I'm in serious. I updated my vlog after your vlog. I read another 20 pages or so. There's still nothing funky going on. I just don't think you're really in a band. We have to get like... I'm on a page. What page do you go? This is it. I'm currently on page. No. No, no, no. 2121. Chapter 18. 2121. Okay. And I haven't got into... You've got... You're like a good way to read. Yeah, but there's nothing like... That's all people want to know. There's nothing we need to read. Oh, I'm really enjoying that. It's at the moment it just feels like a dragon riding game of thron... Oh, not game thron, something that wants to watch that. We watched three series of it. What's it called? It's a hunger game, see? You kind of feel. Okay. It's not... You're not making me want to read it. I'm not doing read it then. I'm not trying to... I'm not trying to... I'm not trying to... I'm not trying to... Well, I'm not trying to... Do you... I'm trying to read it then. I just... Conquer 247 influence. Try to influence you. No, I just... I really thought you'd have like... You read a lot. It's meant to be a really good book. I thought you'd have like a lot more to say about it. But I think... You don't seem that bad. Here's the thing. No, I'm really... I think it's good. I think it's good. Okay. I just think the audience want to know my opinion on the outside of it. And I haven't experienced any of that. Because I thought the book thinking that it was like a... And dragon riding book. I didn't realise that it was a sexual book. I'm on page 221. It's great so far. I'm not going to read any more to the vlogmas. Every evening, all I'd like to do is... And go to... To relate. Today's question. There's two. There's a short one and a long one. Yeah. The short one. This is from Kim Belize. Thank you Kim Belize. I'll let her the first time that you picked the question you've picked too. Well, because I liked that she left two together. Oh, nice. It's from one person. Nice. What are your non-negotiables on a cheese board? Three. Bread. A crusty, nice warm. A little bit of bread. Like a flute chopped up. Yes, yes, yes. Crackers. A good selection of crackers. Are we love more than one? Yeah, you're non-negotiables. I think we have to have different energies. Great. Great. Great. Gorgeous. Figs. Caramelized onion chutney. 100%. 100%. Some honey. Like a little bit of meat, obviously. A little bit of salami. Get into this because some people would say that's a shark who's a report. Yeah. She's bored, but we kind of do a high failure. We also end up putting like separately next to it. A little bit of turkey and cold meats and stuff like that. That's on boxing days. Yeah. On boxing days. But yeah, I think I would say those are only mine. Those might only not make it. Lankaster, Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Yes. You like that. So good. If you like like mature cheddar, this is the niches bit of the video. If you like mature cheddar, I don't even know if it is a cheddar. But that's the kind of overtase. I guess unbelievable. Your dad is it your dad that likes the blue cheese? I just like a big, big, big, big, big, big. Great. To be honest, breads, I'm a bit fussy with cheese. I like stronger cheese if it's melted. But like I wouldn't just like cut a piece of cheddar and nom that. Can't I just can't help but do that? I see I'm not a hard cheese gal unless it's melted. But I do love a soft cheese. I can't remember. In the middle of the cheese board. A baked camel. Yeah. Okay. Longer. We're quite big as a family in a big on cheese boards. We always do like the Christmas dinner and then pop in short on always do the cheese board. Yeah. And then go to like a little cheese shop and get all the cheese. I'm excited for the cheese board. That's one of my favorite things. Probably my favorite thing. I'm probably a little picky eater so it's nice because you can just keep going back. Yeah, I quite need a trick. Let me have a little go when you want to go. I don't know where the cheese is. Are you a bit ill from my friend? I'm like a little by now. Okay. I feel like we're going to clip that. Three days are going to like guys. I'm getting ill. I just changed the camera battery. Yeah. Before we get onto the longer question and it runs out. Longer question. Yeah. What is one thing you could do that would instantly show. Would instantly trigger the other person that you're an imposter. Well, I know. And send the question. What one thing I could do that would make you go. That's not the Rosary. Not say that you're ill for more than 10 minutes. That's not true. But I've felt like there were a million things. That's so many things. I don't know. It depends on each one. You go like, start drinking a coffee. Or is it drink coffee? Okay. That would be good. It's kind of like a coffee shop. And it was like, I do want to know today as well. You were like, okay. I'll be there. If you said, or I really fatse you Dominoes for dinner tonight, I'd be like, That's my healthy. I'd be like, yes. It would be like, oh, I'd be like, oh, I'd be fat you. Wait, but I'd go out. You're an imposter, but I'm having a mind. That's nice. Yeah. If you sprung out of bed in the morning, I'd be concerned. I'd be like, that's not my real part. If you woke up and I was already just awake just like, really? Yeah, you were just awake. I was awake reading. I was like, oh, my name is already reading. I'll read you. Ow, I'd be like, you okay. Imagine, I was just back then with a coffee reading. Or read you. And you'd read through that hole, but you were on the second one. I've got to wake you up. I've got a bit to excited. What the second one? Oh, so I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was the captain. And he bought this to take on holiday. And he owns a Kindle. The whole board of a Kindle is to take the kid on the day. Yeah, I know. But I like holding a physical book on holiday. I didn't really like how big it was. And I also, we went on the holiday. People are going to think we're going to go on a new holiday. And I bought this for it. We went to the holiday. I think they know we don't go on holiday. That might be right now. We went on holiday in June. And I thought I was going to finish the other one. And be on to this one by June. On the same holiday. If anybody has read number one and once this book, Let me know. I'll send it to you. Please, let's take it up half the space under our bed. I think if I walked in and you were like round and be like, putting up like paintings and things on the walls. I'd be a bit like. Just hanging up. Just hanging up. I'm being like, oh, I'm just doing a bit of DIY around the house. I'd be like, what? That's so niche. It's so niche. It's so true. Why do I look like I melted into the bed? It looks like my legs are too deep. And there's my body is 3D. I'll be in that one. Yeah. If we were in public, just standing in a queue or something, and then you just turn about to fast-moider. I love your jumper. Where about where's the prom? You would just just change something to it. To bed's because if it was a view, I would do that. Somebody's just making your coffee and you and I'll have your day going. Yeah, no, I can't. I kind of day started. Yeah. I could start. First I'd answer in the door to take a week. Oh, pop and Sean's 4 trees just fall in over on their TV. Oh, no, is anything special? And it's fully decorated. I know why, actually. Yeah. If you were to say, let me show you a couple of ticks up. I've been watching recently that I saved. Well, that you clicked on, let me show you some tick tops that really funny. I just DM you rules. Right. Thank you so much for watching today, guys. Hope you've enjoyed. I feel like we're just in the flow. Well, we are on day eight. We are a third of the way in. Day eight. Yeah. And day eight historically over the years. That's been the hardest day to vlog. And so far. That is correct. Anyway, I'm going to go to the bath. I don't know. Cover out. Right. I'm going to go to my bath. And we will see you again tomorrow. Goodbye.
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