Friday, 26 December 2008

Rudolph the grubby hoofed reindeer

Imagine the squeals when we descended on Christmas morning to find this scene in the kitchen. Dirty hoofprints. Blown leaves.


A pile of oats on the floor.



And an upset box on the counter with an incriminating foot mark.



Turns out Rudolph enjoyed his reindeer food (oats & glitter on the lawn) so much he came in through the keyhole to find some more - Father Christmas needs to tether him more securely next time!

Fortunately he didn't get his grubby little hooves on these. Yum.


Hope your Christmas has been, and continues to be, everything you hoped for!

20 comments:

Kitty said...

Coo - what a naughty Rudolph! :-O You'd have thought he'd have at least wiped his trotters before ransacking the oats in your kitchen.

I'm sure you have created simply wonderful memories.

Happy New Year to you all. x

Jane said...

Magical! Jane x

Lynn said...

Those ill-mannered reindeer! They just don't make 'em like they used to back in Donner and Blitzen's day. Thank goodness the sweet treats were untouched!!

rachelmp said...

Those reindeer are trouble! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Val!

Thimbleina said...

How magical for the children - you are such a good mummy, especially for stocking up on food for those reindeer

Lesley (Notesfrommydays) said...

ooo that naughty reindeer!!! although he needs the energy so we can forgive him cant we ? :-D
Lesley x

Katy said...

little bugger, just look at the mess he left behind!!! At least he didn't poo, though. Now that does take some clearing up!

Ali said...

Those naughty reindeer! One of them left a poo on out doorstep one year (to the delight of several small boys)!

driftwood said...

what a naughty reindeer xx
love your little treats, they look great. xx
hope the rest of the holidays are as much fun

Rhiannon said...

reindeers are surprisingly naughty these days....
and are those nigella lawson's pudinis that I spy?
x

Liz said...

Well, I guess he has to refuel where he can. Lucky those oats were handy. Hope all the DCs are having a wonderful Christmas.

wonderwoman said...

how lucky are your children!!! what a wonderful treat to find in your kitchen!!! doesn't happen to everyone!! you must be extra special!!

xxx

Lazylol said...

Oh naughty Rudolf!
Merry Christmas to you and your family x

Thimbleanna said...

This is hysterical!!! How very clever you are. And what wonderful memories your children will have!

Ragged Roses said...

You have to keep an eye on old Rudolph!!!! Glad he came to visit though. Hope you had a wonderful time and wish you and your family a great new year.
Kimx

silverpebble said...

Aha, I spy a Nigella number (or rather quite a few tiny ones). Were they good?

Excellent reindeer subterfuge there. We did a couple of 'magic snow' (ie flour) footprints on the hearth - FC's of course.

Glad the cufflinks went down well.

E
xx

Gina said...

What a naughty reindeer! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Garden Girl said...

Rudolph is a genius, it must be said x

Moogsmum said...

Ooh - naughty Rudolph! Maybe I was wrong to blame my dirty floor on a mucky Moog after all.....

xxx

h&b said...

Oh - yours looks so authentic !!

I googled what a deer print looked like, then made a stamp to press in glue and sprinkle with gold glitter on the 'tahnkyou' letter from Santa.

Lucky the boy was too excited about the new tramp to even notice or ASK what the hell that thing was.

Because it looked like a glittery gold vagina.

No, I did not take a pic :/