The big day has finally arrived and I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope this day is the best ever and you get to spend it with all your loved ones.
The last couple of days have just been a whirlwind doing final minute preparations, taking gifts to friends houses and taking Katie out to see the Christmas lights at various places around town. Yesterday was quite warm so after picking Tony up from work at around 2.00pm we headed for the pool. We thought this would keep Katie occupied for a couple of hours without her constantly asking "How long before it is dark?", "Would Santa have left yet?" plus all the myriad of other questions. She thoroughly enjoyed her time with Poppa in the pool.
This morning she was up and out of bed early and that excited to see that Father Christmas had left her a whole lot of presents and was even more excited to see the basketball hoop he had left her out the back. "Oh Nanna," she said, "I think I am going to cry."
Kahra and Darrin arrived a short time later so she got to open her presents in front of them and each one was opened to screams of joy.
Tony then cooked us a great breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs, hash browns, grilled tomatoes, toast. After having eaten that it was then a bit of a rush to get organised to go up to Robyn and Bob's place. We got up there at around 11.30 am.
From there we headed up to Nuriootpa and to the park where we set up our Christmas lunch of prawn cocktails for starters and then prawns, crayfish, ham, chicken and salads. It was so yummy! After having stuffed ourselves we sat around under the huge gum trees talking and laughing and enjoying the day.
In no time at all, suddenly it was 8.05 pm and so we ate the rest of the food, packed up and headed for home. Called into Robyn's again for coffee and finally arrived home around 10.45pm. We had a fantastic day!
From the Lens............
Tony and I were well and truly spoilt
Father Christmas left these for Katie
Her basketball ring and new netball
Katie and her scooter
Katie with Polly Pockets
Just part of our Christmas lunch in the park
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