Part 2 - Christmas etc

Hope you all had a great Christmas and new year.  Ours was mixed bag weather wise.  Only got to about 20 on Christmas day but from boxing day onwards, it was in the mid to high 30’s and has so far climaxed over NYE and NY day to reach 42 and 41.  So we had to can our plans to go to Mooroopna for the NYE mardi gras and have been holed up at home in the air conditioned house.  Although seeing as it only got down to 27 outside overnight, the house didn’t really get a chance to cool down so it feels hotter inside today than it did yesterday.  We are just waiting for the cool change to arrive that has been forecast for the early afternoon.

Abby was interested in Christmas this year and Santa.  She had a photo taken with Santa and while we thought she might get frightened, she was chomping at the bit to see him.  All she wanted from Santa was chocolate as she doesn’t get it very much.  

A few days before Santa’s arrival we got the kids out of bed and took them to the Boulevard in Ivanhoe which is a residential street in Melbourne and is regarded as the best display of Christmas lights in the city.  The residents put a lot of effort in and have thousands of people pass through on foot and by car every night to see them during the 10 days leading up to Christmas.  They even have to change traffic conditions for the period and by foot you can spend a couple of hours walking up and down both sides of the road.

Mum and dad arrived Christmas eve and we got into the spirit with the televised carols by candlelight from the city.  The next morning Abby had a ball.  It was very sweet when after she had a opened a couple of small things from her stocking, she was concerned Lachie hadn’t opened anything yet and wanted to give him one of her presents to open.  She was also so intent on playing with each toy after she opened it that when we told her she had other presents to open she said ‘No – no presents”, and would get upset if we passed her one to open.  As it’s mandatory on Christmas day, we ate too much felt rather full so we all had a rest after lunch and then mum and dad had to go home.  

The next day was my birthday so some friends came round and we ate and drank until we could eat and drink no more.  My body is regretting that I can tell you.  So the usual New Year’s resolution of eating better and moving more has been bandied about but no promises have been made........

Meeting Santa	Patting Rudolph	Ready to go see the lights	Buskers on the Boulevard	Decorated front yard
Another front yard	Christmas day	Present for Lachlan	Abby loved her train set	All tuckered out
Enjoying a rest	Chilling with dad	At the end of a long Christmas day

1/1/2008 10:19:02 PM (AUS Eastern Daylight Time, UTC+11:00)      Comments [0]  Baby