Christmas Morning

From the visit to Santa in November, all the Christmas markets and parties, the big day had finally arrived! The boys were out of bed early (6:00 am),  had been peeping into the lounge room and racing upstairs to report that Santa had been, his supper had been eaten and there were heaps of presents under the tree! Christmas morning is far too exciting and by 6:30 we were all around the tree. 

There was lots of excitement as each present was unwrapped, and the boys were really pleased with everything they were given from Santa, and all the presents from family and friends. I am really pleased with how grateful they were for everything, how genuinely excited they were and how much fun we all had! Santa gave Alexander this Lego train set that he has been eyeing off for quite sometime.

Cameron got a car racing set, he was thrilled with it. It took me over an hour and a half to set it up (there were 24 different types of track pieces that had to be constructed exactly or it wouldn't work! Here I am at about 6:50 starting the job of putting it together so Cameron could get playing with it. We rang our families back in Australia. This is one of the times when you really do miss the extended family. To speak to them for a little while on Christmas day is nice, but not the same as sharing it with them properly. 

Lunch is at Sonia and Alan's, 3 families from odd corners of the world enjoying Christmas together. I suppose this is the closest to a big family Christmas you can have when your real family is half a world away.

I finally coaxed the boys away from the new toys to get ready for lunch whilst Nicole set about making the chocolate cake and pudding for dessert.

We love Christmas morning!