It is Christmas Eve, and I can't believe this year has gone so quickly, yet so slowly. When I think about all of the things that happened this year, some of the times seemed to drag, like when we were waiting to move into our new home, or when Arley was in hospital, and pretty much all of Arley's terrible two's, but it also seems like last Christmas was only a month ago. We are fully settled in to our house, and we had our first extended family gathering, our family Christmas dinner, before the Bambers went off to Thailand. It was a very hot day, and we all just managed to squeeze onto the patio for the meal, but it was a fun time with very little stress, with Mexican food and lots of wine :)
The kids also had their school Christmas party, and while they had a blast, it was probably the least fun thing I have ever done!! It was SO hot, and it was right at Arley's nap time, so I spent half the time carrying all 15kg of him around in the heat to stop him from losing the plot because he was so tired. Luckily Arley and Carmie got to see the Santa first (Carmie was not fooled for a minute that it was really Santa, she new it was the director's husband right away!), so we left early and I got Arley home for a nap only an hour and a half late. I have a really cute video of the kids at their 'Christmas concert', but it is a little on the long side :
Our good friend Paul is back for the holidays, so we had a night with him, and the next morning Carmie was following him everywhere, quite enamoured. We also went to Dolphin Point two days in a row, and it was lovely. The beaches are so beautiful here, such a great place to live in the summer :)
We also went to our neighbourhood Christmas party where we met all of the people who live in our cul de sac. And tonight we have another party to go to at Carmie's friend Hannah's house. Such a fun time of year! Oh, and the kids had their photo taken with the 'real' Santa too. Arley really did NOT want anything to do with sitting on Santa's knee, and I felt a little guilty forcing him to do it, but when he saw the lollipops, he thought it was a pretty good deal. :)
Carmie and her friend Aska
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