Christmas 2014

So much preparation, planning and time.. and it is all over, JUST LIKE THAT!
Click, blink, and it is done D.O.N.E.

We are on summer school vacation until the beginning of February, and the weather has been delightful.
My step-son, Brent, went back to Sydney for Christmas, so we celebrated a couple of weeks early with him..
Brent got Jasper X-Box Live for 12 months, with the head set, so this is my future for the next few weeks ;)

Molly got a flying fairy that she JUST HAD TO HAVE! (don't mind the feral hair, she had been outside getting water all over her...)

 He also got them a slip-and-slide, so that went into action pretty quick!

 Last day of school photos...

After the last day of school, it was all a bit much for the little one,,, asleep before we got home, and it was HARD to wake her up!

 A night at the beach for fish and chips with my folks (Grandy and Poppie) saw her right.. that and the party dress she got to wear!

Jasper wanted me to video his cool moves ;) 

Mum and dad wanted the kids to sleep at their place for the night... since the car accident (see last post), Molly has been SUPER clingy, so while Jasper went for a sleep over adventure, this is what happened at our place,...

Sleeping Beauty..

 The lad has been put to work in the gardens.. we have a huge back yard,. so it will be a long term project, but in one morning, he (with some help) dug through siol conditioner, planted all the ground covers, and watered them in. The next morning, he helped spread all the mulch around.
next off is the 19m long back stretch of garden...

I had an epic fail at Santa photos this year... I have the same photo every year - the REAL Santa, not an immitation.. But we never got there to see him... this is as good as it gets this year. Sorry kids :(

 Christmas Eve sees the kids able to open one present before bed,, after putting on new PJ's.
This year, Jasper was horrendous and rude, so missed out on opening the present :(
Molly got to open hers,,, learning books, flash cards, and a range of things to see her right for pre-primary next year!

 Christmas morning started at 6am, so quite decent for us!

 My mum and dad came over about 10,30 with more gifts, and we ate, drank and ate some more!!
It was a great day, so much in fact, I didn't take any photo!!! I was "in the moment" with my family, and loved every minute!!

Jasper is addicted to the X-Box, and since we can't really find any decent kids games for Molly, Santa got her a Dora game for the Wii. Here she is, loving it!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. My plans for New Years are the same as every year - bed by 10 for me! It is just another day, and I can't cope with reduced sleep hours ;)

Jasper has bloods on January 8th, so I will post again then!

Thanks for reading.

Brooke