Oh we have had an absolutely wonderful Christmas - so I thought I'd share some pics and the events of our day...
Thanks to the time that the sun starts to rise here in Queensland, our kids are always quite early risers... they both awoke before 5am - and I tried to keep them quiet and convince them that an extra hour's sleep was needed - but Curtis knew it was Christmas and just had to look downstairs to see if Santa had been... It was SO cute to see him shake with excitement when he saw the half-chomped carrots outside that had been left for the reindeer. He then raced to the table to see if Santa had eaten his cookies and milk and was so excited to see this - he ran straight past all the pressies without even noticing! - Tilly of course noticed the pressies and right on 5am they both started opening them up!
Once the pressies were ripped open - they wanted to get straight into painting the drum and recorder they had got... I don't think it is the best idea to play the drum with wet-paint on it - but Curtis enjoyed it!
Tilly continued her painting onto some pine-cones...
Finally grandparents arrived for a cooked breakfast and more gift-giving.. Ben was already the victim of the zinc-cream, but enjoyed opening his gifts..
I took the chance to do more stitching on my place mats which were to be a gift for my mum.
Tilly enjoyed doing more of the creative things making plasticine flowers:
Finally we got dressed and out of the house for a dip at the local beach, then back home for a rest. Before heading around to my parents place for more family pressies and our evening Christmas dinner. But first the annual Christmas race on the lake was on and Ben headed out with both Tilly and Curtis on the kayak with him...
The rest of us sat and watched...
Ben kept them in the middle of the pack - and fortunately did not lose a child overboard, and Tilly was delighted to win the 'best costume' of the race in her red swimmers, safety jacket, antler ears and mask!
Finally the long awaited dinner arrived - it wasn't long until we were all full, and putting away the left over for Boxing day... It couldn't have been a better day!
Boxing Day arrived with blue skies and fortunately a little bit of a sleep-in from kids who had had a late night and very eventful day... A slow morning at home just playing with toys, reading books, watching a show... then off to the beach at Happy Valley to meet up with friends and have a swim..
In the afternoon the kids went to the new water-park with David, Becci and Pop giving Ben and I couple of hours free - in which Ben set about repairing his surfboard in anticipation of better surf conditions due in the next few days...
We enjoyed eating lollies, choccies and left-overs all day - and I am sure I'm doing a good job of putting back on the kilos I lost when I was sick..
Another great day - and we still can't get over how happy we are living up here on the beautiful Sunshine Coast!
Aww sounds like you all had an awesome day :D
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