Christmas 2012

 

Christmas Eve - putting out some non-alcoholic beer (Flynn worried that Santa would feel dizzy if he had full-strength) and snacks for Santa and the reindeers.

 

 

 

 

 

The stockings are hung

 

 

 

 

 

A quick drink before bed

 

 

 

 

And before they knew it, Santa had been!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cars!

 

 

 

 

T-shirts!

 

 

 

 

Bug catchers!

 

 

 

 

Pirate ship!

 

 

 

 

Noisy police van!

 

 

 

 

Cow!

 

 

 

 

Romance blossoms between cow and dog!

 

 

 

 

 

Scooter bags!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painting eggs!

 

 

 

 

Watch out you guys - a slingshot!!

 

 

 

 

Books to read!

 

 

 

 

 

Yummy food to eat - which we shared with a local kiwi/oz family and their three girls - it was a lot of fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Kid Dining

 

 

 

 

Cheese!

 

 

 

 

 

Hey, where's the mistletoe!

 

 

 

 

 

Didn't find any mistletoe, but we found some brandy

 

 

 

 

 

Blake's getting into the spirit(s)

 

 

 



Benjy's getting into the dessert

 

 

 

 

 

And they're all getting into the dancing

 

 

 

 

And the 'statues'

 

 

 

We had a great day and lots of fun with the Wiltshires. Thanks to all for the lovely Christmas presents - the kids now have loads to read, wear and play with, which should keep them happy for a while!

 

Happy New Year from the Kackies!

 

 

 

 

 

Week before Christmas

We had a kids' Christmas-cracker-making party at our place just before Christmas (an excuse for some mulled wine drinking for the adults). It was a real success, with the kids really enjoying the activity and the crackers looked great.

 

We began the afternoon, of course, with snacks - including homemade traditional xmas mince pies and xmas cake (neither of which were made by me).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then down to business...

 

 

 

 

 

After all that, a spot of swingball on the patio and some running around in the garden. As you can see by the lack of clothing, it was REALLY mild! Gone all that snow!