Christmas and New Years

Christmas was so good this year. Nice and relaxed! Which is just the way we like it. We woke up and checked out our goodies from Santa and then had a yummy breaky of coco-pops, croissants and mangoes. Christmas, being on a Sunday this year meant that we could get dressed up in our Christmas dresses for church.

 Here are the girls obliging me with a pose under the big tree outside the chapel.

Once home it was time to put baby Jesus in our nativity (a new tradition we started this year). And then we opened our presents. I know it doesn't look like it but Lizzie was super excited to get a Star Wars play-dough kit.  

Amita was so happy to get a Harry Potter book. We have been reading it together at bedtime and are almost half way through.

I can't remember why they were hugging but it's such a cute photo.

Here's my crazies! We had a delicious lunch/dinner with turkey, ham and salads. Poor Steve had only just got his braces on 2 days before and was struggling to eat. He was grateful for the soft potato salad. After Steve set up our new Xbox we got to skype our extended families and wish them Merry Christmas.

Here's just a quick pic from New Years. We stayed up to watch the kid's Sydney fireworks and had some fun with sparklers.

And this is a picture I just found after Amita hijacked my camera. 😁