Christmas Day

Christmas Day.   Always an exciting time for children, and for adults too.  A time for being together.  For family and friends.  Even though in our family, we are thousands of kilometres apart.  Skyping, and Facetime, mean we can see each other, and be part of the day, even though we are not together in one place.

This year we spent Christmas with Aaron, Kylie, Mia, Abi and Raphy in the Netherlands.  

And the day did not begin too early, as can happen on Christmas Day, due to it not getting light until about 8.30.  Raphy was told not to get up until it was light.  And as he cannot yet tell the time, he was happy to oblige.  Then it was all go downstairs, with plenty of presents for everyone to open. 

And the day continued, with children playing happily with their new toys and the adults reading their new books.

Christmas dinner was superbly cooked, turkey breast stuffed with the most delicious filling plus perfectly roasted vegetables. The Christmas pudding was eaten in the evening.  We needed to rest our stomachs a bit.

And finally after playing a few card games with the children we all fell happily into bed.