A catch up on Christmas

This year, after having been inspired by all the beautiful things at the Deloraine Craft fair, I wanted to decorate the tree with a simple, natural theme. Cut-out wooden pieces, brown twine, stained ceramics... its not all that colourful, but i like it!

Ava's

Arden's

and Jai's presents.
Yeah, way over the top, it's not happening this year.

Even Missy got into the spirit of giving... Paul came round for present opening and breakfast, after a long night helping the 'elves' assemble something through the long hours of the night...

I didn't take any pictures of the food! I've been doing that a lot lately, ie on the cruise.

Anyway there were toasted crossients with ham and cheese, tomatoe and feta pastries, pancakes with banana, walnut and maple syrup, and summer berries and home-made yoghurt.


Lunch with the Family

Everything was really good. Lots of meats and beautiful salads. Mark and Bec also had heaps, and by heaps I mean bucket loads, of raspberries. It was summer bliss!

Nandali's elf suit was so cute. We were in such a rush we forgot the santa suite for Tim to dress up in.

Our kids are at a good age now to enjoy christmas and know a little bit about why we celebrate it. It was great to have Tim home for the whole day, I loved it and the kids did too. All in all, we had a lovely christmas. Now to plan for this year...

Arden's childcare break-up Party (mid Dec)

We got there nice and early so that the kids wouldn't have to wait so long to get their faces painted. Under pressure, they couldn't decide what they wanted to be, so Spiderman was the easiest choice.

The kids balloons didn't last very long, the boys asked for swords, to kill each other of course, and missy got a flower.