Christmas came and went and we survived! The weather has been perfect, particularly for Christmas Day. On the lead up to Christmas, we went to the beach (Carmie wanted to look for blue ringed octopus in the rock pools), we went to our neighbourhood Christmas party, and we did plenty of spring cleaning to make room for the new presents that Santa was going to bring. We made chocolate truffles, and met Lolo and Dida, Uncle Sting, Aunty Georgia and the cousins for a Christmas Eve drink at the golf club.
And then Santa came. We are lucky, we have the kids trained so well to not get up until 7am, that they still did that on Christmas morning. We could hear Carmie playing with the goodies from her Christmas stocking at 6:30, but that is all. When they did see all of the presents under the tree, they were so excited. Jeff thinks I went completely overs, but so many of the presents were education-based, I would have bought them this year anyway :) After presents we had breakfast, a little play, and then we went over to the farm to have Christmas lunch with the family. Carmie got her favourite present, a snuggles puppy, and Arley got his favourite present, Thomas the Tank's Sky High Bridge Jump (see video below!). We had a really nice lunch, and plenty of time to play with toys. A lovely mellow day.
Boxing Day was spent over at the farm again. On Wednesday we went down to Bawley Point, as my cousins and their eight kids (between them) were staying down there. Carmie and Arley had so much fun, and it was truly a mad house with ten little kids running around. The kids also went to the beach for a swim, and played tag with water pistols. I hadn't seen my cousins in ages, so it was a great day.
We have so many new toys and games to play with, and tons of new books to read, so we are planning on spending some time at home for a bit. I just can't brave all of the crowds now, our little town is full to the brim, and I want our quiet beaches back!
Here is a video that everyone missed a couple of weeks ago, as I had it set to private accidentally. It's pretty cute. Carmie just would not smile on Santa's knee!
Christmas Day videos:
At Narrawallee rock pools:
At the beach with their cousins :)
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