Today, we spent our very first Christmas here.
Sadly, we were not blessed with the beautiful sunny weather that is depicted in the above photo. However, having more than enough space in our new home has provided us with a pleasant, comfortable and "happy to stay indoors" type of day! Happy to stay indoors to eat, open presents, eat, open presents, eat and open presents!
Surprisingly it was already quite late when the children woke up. I have been waking up pretty early the past few days despite not necessarily having to. I think it stemmed from the week when Tim went away. That week, I made the effort to be awake at least 15-20 minutes before I expected the children to wake up, meaning needing to be up 5.30AM! Ugh!
Anyway, the first thing I heard from Noah this morning was "Did Santa come?"
I let Tim guide Noah through the loot the Santa brought and let him explain what Santa and the reindeers ate out of the feast he left for them. I wanted Noah to come up, to wake me and Eliza up, to excitedly tell us that Santa did arrive!
Once the mess had been made in our bedroom upstairs, it was time to move downstairs.
After breakfast, it was inevitable that the kids wanted to open more presents so Tim and I agreed to let them open their presents from us.
I can seriously say "Thank God we now have the space to accommodate this craziness, which included having a water table with an umbrella in our lounge room and a race track in the rumpus !!!".
As Tim was scheduled to be on patrol at North Curl Curl beach this afternoon, we hosted my parents over for Christmas rather than going to theirs today. Of course, despite the rain, I was adamant that we (he) would still be bbq-ing!
Luckily it was not too wet when Tim got started so he was still agreeable!
Lunch was a lovely feast. We missed Chad, Bambi, Ate and Isaac as they are away but we will be doing Christmas round 2 on Saturday with them. I think Tim and I agreed that we needed to get a bigger dining table soon!
Tim had to leave for his patrol for a couple of hours leaving us behind to digest our meal, and open more presents.
Of course when he got back, we opened more presents (and made more mess!) and ate more chocolate!
The kids are now in bed fast asleep, probably relishing the wonder of today, despite having to be indoors all day.
They did not even miss their new trampoline which is still a work in progress. Rain dampened plans of completely building it today.
To all our family and friends, wishing you a wonderful Christmas day, just like the one we had. May we all continue to be blessed and guided by God's loving spirit. Thank you too for all the wonderful greetings, cards and presents that you have showered our family with. We are indeed very blessed!
Merry Christmas!
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