Christmas 2011 was a long, hot, fairly quiet affair. Christmas Eve we spent the afternoon down at Plimmerton Beach where Daisy took much joy in snorkeling in the shallows.
In the evening we headed over the road to Trina and Steve's house with a group of others for a few pre-Christmas madness drinks and nibbles. We then headed home fairly early to get Daisy tucked up into her bed, finish wrapping the presents and giving the house a Santa makeover!
I along with lots of other people love Christmas Eve. The magic of it all as a child used to leave me giddy with excitement and now I am an adult I still get giddy with excitement for our children. Last year of course Jacob was here to share the magic with us so this year we couldn't help but feel there was something (or someone) missing. :0(
As usual I was awake before Daisy on Christmas morning and laid patiently in bed waiting for signs of life from her bedroom. Thankfully this year I didn't have to wait too long and by 7am she was awake and came in with her stocking and opened her presents on her bed.
We then had a chat with her about how we should be thankful for what we receive as there are some people who aren't lucky enough to have a mum and dad or a roof over their heads let alone a roomful of presents and toys.
After our little talk we then followed the Santa sparkles to the living room and Daisy's face lit up when she saw the other presents that were waiting for her.
Before opening the presents we all sat down to a lovely special breakfast of salmon and scrambled eggs which is usually toasted with bucks fizz but this year we opted for cranberry juice instead! (Mum don't get your knitting sticks out just yet) This was just a health conscious decision we decided to make.
After breakfast Daisy got to open her presents and then she chatted to my Mum via Skype who also got to watch her open her presents too. I think I say this every year but thank God for Skype!!!
We then had another Skype chat with Rich's family before getting our glad rags on and heading over the road for lunch.
The rest of Christmas day was spent basking in the very hot sunshine that we were treated to. We had a beautiful lunch made by Trina and Steve (complete with pigs in blankets and Brussell sprouts provided by the pomms from over the road!)
Trina and Steve were extremely lucky to be surrounded by various family members most of which came from Australia for Christmas and this of course made us reflect as it always does on why we are here and will we ever get used to upside down Christmases but it also made us thankful for the lovely friends that we have made and the great life we have built for ourselves.
We finally left at about 8pm feeling completely stuffed of lovely Christmas food and Daisy and I were fast asleep by 9:30. That's was Christmas is all about.
Boxing Day we decided to take a leftover picnic to Campbell Park in Paekakariki. This is the same spot we spent last Boxing Day when Jacob was visiting. The weather was so much better this year though which meant the little kids and the big kids got to have lots of fun in the water.
We spent the day leisurely playing games, picking at leftovers and catching some rays and felt completely relaxed by the time we headed home.
The following few days Daisy and I spent at home whilst Rich went off to work. We had some gorgeous weather which gave me the chance to work up a good old sweat in our gym with the great equipment that Santa bought for me (being gloves, a kettle bell and a stopwatch!) and Daisy got to enjoy some bike/scooter rides and just hanging out with Mummy. We also got to add to our little veggie patch that Rich created. We are now growing three varieties of tomatoes, some celery and two types of lettuce - get us being all green fingered!
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