Christmas Day

Christmas day was very busy and started very early..

Can you believe the no. of presents under this tree.. There were some very spoilt children in our house this year.. Though I suppose there is 3 families here.. but still!!!



The boys pressies from Santa.

When they first woke up.. the boys were allowed to open their Santa pressies.. well most of them..lol.. They loved their very noisy Christmas animals.. Especially Brodie.. he kept turning his chicken on ad following it around the room laughing..lol.. so cute.

All the rellies arrived over at 7 for breakfast and then the kids were allowed to open their presents. Sammy and Sarah helped Poppy dish them all out.. It took a while I can tell you..

We told them to sit and wait till their name was called.. they all lined up and waited.. almost patiently.. lol

That is one Biiig present for a little girl.. lol.

Poppy and Brodie..

The mad house..

Claire and the Dora twin we gave her..


Lainey and her twin.. they loved them..It was fun shopping for girlies for a change!!

Just some of the mess! ...

We also got a Nintendo Wii from Santa.. everyone had great fun trying it out!

Poppy cooked a fantastic lunch.. It really was nice to have Mum, Dad and all of us together for a change.. It will prob be the last time ever.. so I know I tried to enjoy every minute of it.

All in all Christmas Day here was what Christmas should be.. Family, kids, food, toys and lots of fun!

Girls Decorations..

OK Finally got Blogger to let me upload the pics of the decorations I got to put on the tree for the boy's cousins...lol.. And for some reason the photoshopping I did is corrupted .. don't have time to do it again.. so here they are full size..lol..

Lainey's Decoration



Sammy's Decoration

Claire's Decoration

Sarah's Decoration


Katie's Decoration

Sienna's Decoration

Connor helped pick the one's for Sienna and Katie.. This way we have a little something to remind us of them when we can't be with them at Christmas time..

Christmas Eve

OK Back to the update.. It was lovely having everyone here for once on Christmas Eve.. Sarah an Sammy helped the younger cousins to make our Christmas Cookies For Santa. The kids had a ball..

Declan, Sammy, Sarah and Brodie in the kitchen.. Notice how Brodie is holding his shirt tag.. it is his comfort.. He loves the tags on just abut anything.. but if he doesn't want to carry something around he grabs the tag on his shirt.. sticks the thumb in his mouth..and off he goes..lol.. Uncle Shane and Auntie Sue kept teasing him about 'taking himself for a walk'. pmsl. He is such a funny thing.

Declan, Lainey and Brodie are pretty impressed with the Biccies they made..lol..

Connor looks a little dangerous with that rolling pin..lol.. He was really good at helping Claire make biccies though.

Mind you Claire was a little more interested in chewing on the cutters than using them..lol..

We had a wonderful BBQ dinner that night.. And Poppy had brought down some Venison.. Well.. I was game.. I tried it..lol.. unfortunately it hadn't been defrosted properly before cooking so it was as tough as nails..pmsl.. lucky there was other food. Poor Poppy copped some ribbing about that one.. The kids then had a great time running around with sparklers.. Mind you I think Sammy and Sarah enjoyed it more than the littlies..lol.. and Brodie doesn't like sparklers any more.. he grabbed the wrong end.. won't go near them now!.

I thought I would show you the boys new decos for this year.. Every year since they were born I have brought the boys a special deco to put on the tree. Now they are bigger I take them with me to help pick as well.. So it is a very special tradition for me and my boys.

They also made these Christmas trees.. Connor did his at school.. and Brodie and Declan did theirs at Playgroup. So I put their Santa pic in there..

I decided this year as well to get a decoration each for the girls.. as we rarely get to have Christmas with them I thought it would be nice to have a little something for them on our tree every year..

Of course now Blogger is playing up and won't let me upload the pics.. I will have to do it tomorrow.. I am determined to get this finished tonight..

Sarah was lovely enough to make some special Reindeer food for the littlies (Rolled Oats and glitter)and put it into special Reindeer bags. The boys and girls loved it.. Our three put theirs out on the front lawn and Lainey and Claire did the same back at their unit.. All in all a very busy but enjoyable day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Just a quick note to wish all our family, friends, and all you lovely blog readers.. A very wonderful Christmas. We hope you and all your families keep safe and happy and that Santa is very generous!!! My brothers and their families arrived today and Granny arrives tomorrow night. So we will have a busy one here...

Unfortunately the boys have had a tummy bug for the last couple of days so I am so hoping that they are all better by Christmas and they don't pass it on anyone else!

So hopefully I will be back on here to update not too long after Christmas

Y MERRY CHRISTMAS Y