Monday, 31 December 2012

Hibernating.

One of my favourite things about the festive season are those precious days in between Christmas and New year where we hunker down and hibernate.

Those days where we play with new toys and wear our new clothes.





Enjoy post birthday , birthday treats with christmas pennies at our disposal.



And brunch with cousins.


Those oh so precious family moments.

Yes please 2013, I would like lots more of those xxx

And so it came.

Most Christmas mornings start with Murray and I waiting for the kids to wake up. We are always too excited to sleep.
This year as we woke up we became aware that Miss K hadn't been awake at all in the night. This is most unusual.
I squeaked the door, I flushed the toilet. Everything.
No hurrying footsteps to be heard.
Seeing as K had had a temperature at bedtime, I was really worried that she had worsened overnight,  so I sneaked in heart pounding to a dark and silent room.
I crouched down and kissed a very cool cheek and heard a beautiful deep sigh as our girl turned over and snuggled back in.
That moment, that precious sigh was my favourite gift this Christmas.



Finally those footsteps came hurrying to our room with hqnds clutching stockings stuffed to the brim.








Even Emmy's stocking was full


Miss K was so touched that Santa would bring a lovely snowglobe for Emmy.



and Emmy just loved it.


























Getting to spend time with Joseph on Christmas day was another precious gift.





Look at that smiling relaxed lady! Enjoying spending time with her favourite people without ANY stress!
And Christmas dinner cooked by someone else?
Bliss.







Some of us may have eaten so much that we immediately crashed on the couch and snoozed for a whole hour.

Christmas Bliss.

Merry Christmas 2012




The magic of Christmas Eve.

On the 23rd of December our poor girl started showing signs of becoming sick again. She has had so many coughs and sniffles and colds over the past couple of months it has been unreal.
So a decision was made. If it wasn't done by now then it simply wouldn't be done.
Christmas eve was going to be relaxed and fun and snuggly.

And boy did it deliver. :-)


opening christmas eve PJs and christmas eve presents.








K got very excited when she saw that her Christmas eve gift from us was Honey the real life horse


very very excited....


Fraser was thrilled with is beatles book too :-)


K donned the pjs immediately.





Santa got his annual cocoa, beer, mince pie and christmas tree cookie. K also slipped him some extra vitamin C in the form of a juicy little orange.






Outside we went to sprinkle some magic reindeer food :-)










And then we settled down to read the night before Christmas.
My favourite moment of every year.
Pure magic.







Merry Christmas to all
and to all a good night.
x x x x

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