Boxing day today. More family stuff for lunch coming up in a couple hours… not sure how much more food I can take. All part of the season I guess! But with a fridge full of leftovers already it’s too much! Okay. Better drag myself out of this Christmas hangover and go have a shower before it’s time to go…
For Christmas yesterday my Grandma (completely of her own accord) got me this Monster High doll with a little “voodoo” sloth called Needles! Now, I’m a little bit old for dolls, but in this case I can make an exception. (Never too old for stuffed sloths though.)
I’ve posted about this doll a while ago, and you can get it from Amazon.
Now, where to put it…
Looks like Father Slothmas didn’t fall asleep on the job after all. Had a wonderful day, got some wonderful gifts and ate lots of food. Think I need to pull a sloth and take a month to digest my food now. Good night! Merry Christmas!
From S. Watercolour
It’s Christmas Eve. I’ve spent the day making salads, cakes, trifles, and now I’m in my sloth Christmas sweater and getting ready to go see family for dinner. It’s been a whirlwind couple of days, full of light-looking, finishing off work for the year and having a big lunch with my boss, and getting ready for tomorrow.
Sometimes you need to take a time-out to remember what it’s all about.
I’ll leave you with a couple pictures of my sloth tree this year, complete with 18 sloths, and topped with Napolean. Only one more sleep until Father Slothmas comes!
Xena is a little bit unpredictable. She can be quiet one minute and full of beans the next! But you can’t help but love her. 
If you like the look of this little sloth, grab it from Amazon.
The name Xena comes from the word “Xenarthra“, the superorder of placental mammals which includes tree sloths as well as their cousins armadillos and anteaters. It means “strange joints”, as the vertebral joints of these animals have extra articulations and are unlike any other mammal (xenarthry).
I know, I know. This sloth is actually called Belt from The Croods. But, well, I like to personalise my sloths with their own unique natures.
On November 20 there was a new arrival at Topeka Zoo in Kansas, USA. A little baby for sloths Jackie and Mocha! See more pics here.
Did you know:
A Hoffmann Sloth like this one (Choloepus hoffmanni) has a gestational period of 11.5 months. This is relatively long compared to other sloth species: the pale-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) has a gestational period of 4.5 months and the pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) is 6 months. On average, all sloth species give birth to one baby every year.
This makes me sad 
But he’s still so smiley!
In the last week I’ve baked cupcakes with cinnamon frosting and gingerbread, currently in the middle of making truffles (they have to chill for half hour), and in a couple days will be preparing my Christmas-themed chocolate and vanilla cake (I’m on desserts this year). It’s the most wonderful time of the year… my house smells of salted caramel at the moment.
If only I was talented enough to make some of these… everyone would be getting an edible sloth present for their birthdays/Christmas.
The description of this ad for Ziploc says: “Getting kids out the door in the morning can test any parent’s patience. But what if your child were literally the slowest-moving kid on the planet?”
IF YOUR “KID” IS A SLOTH YOU SHOULD BE SO THANKFUL YOU HAVE A FRICKING SLOTH AS YOUR CHILD YOU UNGRATEFUL LOW-LIFES IF HE DOESN’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL DON’T BLOODY MAKE HIM JUST LET HIM SLEEP AND JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH HIM WITH WONDERMENT AND AWE HOW COULD YOU EVER WANT ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE
Baked gingerbread cupcakes, topped with cinnamon frosting and a gingerbread tree cookie, for the work Christmas party tomorrow afternoon. They, smell, AMAZING. I didn’t have any spare cupcakes (it only made a dozen) so I have to trust myself they’re as good as the previous times I’ve baked them (which, is, very good). But I did have a few spare cookies… well, not so much anymore. They were there to mop up the excess frosting. Oh, dear.
I have to say though, it left a better taste in my mouth than I think this lil sloth has:
If anyone wants the recipe, feel free to hit me up, happy to share
