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| Christmas morning and you will note that Santa has been and enjoyed his milk and cookies. |
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Lewis getting into Christmas morning.
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| Uncle David and Opa enduring the opening of presents. |
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| The car tower was the first present James opened and he was not interested in anything else for the rest of the morning - he did attempt to multi-task for a short time, but gave up and went back to the car tower... thank you Oma and Opa. |
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| Oma dressing up in some of the children's new dress-up accessories. |
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| Isobel introducing us to a new friend. |
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| We unleashed this surprise on the children in the afternoon; a box of packing beads. |
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| James was particularly excited with the idea. |
Christmas at our house was a rather simple, yet enjoyable time. We were lucky enough to enjoy the company of Uncle David, along with Oma and Opa. As a last minute decision we decided to enjoy the big meal on Christmas Eve, thankfully so, as that opened Christmas Day up to be a much more relaxed affair. Food preparation on the Saturday didn't quite go to plan - fire-singed chickens, roast veggies burnt to the bottom of the pan, failed pavlovas - but by the time we got to the table, we had saved enough food that we were still able to feast and even enjoy!
Christmas morning began with the opening of presents, followed by Eggs Benedict for breakfast. We headed off to church for a short service and then returned home to enjoy a variety of platters, which kept us going for the day.
Our children loved the extra company and James in particular literally spent the weekend on top of either his Uncle David or his Opa... whoever he was around at the time.
For me Christmas brought on the introduction of morning sickness; but I am happy to be dealing with a slightly less severe onslaught than I am accustomed to.
Here's hoping you have all had a wonderful time and are easing comfortably into 2012.
