Christmas is all about the kids isn't it? I mean, for adults it is nice to have a day off and all, have a couple of quiet beers or whatever you like drinking, and a nice sit down meal, but really, the magic is gone as soon as the truth about Santa is revealed.
My immediate family hasn't had a child young enough to believe in Santa in about twelve years - I would like kids, but am in no rush, my sister adamantly says she will never have kids - so the new niece was a good excuse to go all kiddy Christmas and stuff. As I think I said yesterday, my brother, his girlfriend and the daughter are going to be with the girlfriend's family - hmm, they have a kid now, even though they are not married, maybe the better terminology would be partner? Anyways, so we had Xmas a week early.
And as usual, the niece was racing around trying to throw everything off the coffee table, until about the second present was unwrapped and there was a critical mass of new things to play with. And wrapping paper, that had only been put on the things hours beforehand, scattered across the floor.
She got a band set from my sister - a drum, drumsticks, xylophone, and two sets of cymbals in the various shapes of insects and stuff. She was crawling around trying to shove a drumstick in her mouth for most of the rest of the afternoon. I got her a Playskool Weebles caravan with lots of things to touch and noises and stuff. My parents got her a walker that you push along and has sounds and stuff, a couple of books and a couple of clothes, including a baby's first Xmas tee shirt, with the actual name on it :)
She did very well - and another two Xmases to go - the sister not quite in law's parents are seperated, so when they go back home it will be Xmas Day at one parent and Boxing Day at the other. Also stopping in to see at least one set of the paternal great grandparents, so that should be a bit of excitement in Tauranga :)
We had a nice tea, roast pork, potatoes, pumpkin, beans and peas - will be cold turkey on the actual December 25 itself, yum, and then tiramisu for dessert. Maybe our slices could have been half the size that they were, too rich and quite a few pieces were left. My brother got a fussball and air hockey table, and the sister not in law got jewellery. Was a very civilised evening, and the kid didn't get up to too much mischief, mainly because her uncle was protecting the bird cage which she was fascinated in - the bird was getting his cage rattled indeed LOL.
More soon
Pauly
My immediate family hasn't had a child young enough to believe in Santa in about twelve years - I would like kids, but am in no rush, my sister adamantly says she will never have kids - so the new niece was a good excuse to go all kiddy Christmas and stuff. As I think I said yesterday, my brother, his girlfriend and the daughter are going to be with the girlfriend's family - hmm, they have a kid now, even though they are not married, maybe the better terminology would be partner? Anyways, so we had Xmas a week early.
And as usual, the niece was racing around trying to throw everything off the coffee table, until about the second present was unwrapped and there was a critical mass of new things to play with. And wrapping paper, that had only been put on the things hours beforehand, scattered across the floor.
She got a band set from my sister - a drum, drumsticks, xylophone, and two sets of cymbals in the various shapes of insects and stuff. She was crawling around trying to shove a drumstick in her mouth for most of the rest of the afternoon. I got her a Playskool Weebles caravan with lots of things to touch and noises and stuff. My parents got her a walker that you push along and has sounds and stuff, a couple of books and a couple of clothes, including a baby's first Xmas tee shirt, with the actual name on it :)
She did very well - and another two Xmases to go - the sister not quite in law's parents are seperated, so when they go back home it will be Xmas Day at one parent and Boxing Day at the other. Also stopping in to see at least one set of the paternal great grandparents, so that should be a bit of excitement in Tauranga :)
We had a nice tea, roast pork, potatoes, pumpkin, beans and peas - will be cold turkey on the actual December 25 itself, yum, and then tiramisu for dessert. Maybe our slices could have been half the size that they were, too rich and quite a few pieces were left. My brother got a fussball and air hockey table, and the sister not in law got jewellery. Was a very civilised evening, and the kid didn't get up to too much mischief, mainly because her uncle was protecting the bird cage which she was fascinated in - the bird was getting his cage rattled indeed LOL.
More soon
Pauly
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