....or at least not a freezing cold snowy wintry Christmas like it is back in Somerset, UK. We had some friends fly over and visit us for 4 days over the break and we had an amazing time. The weather was a bit of a disappointment considering that we are in Sydney, Australia and it is the Summer! We went in the pool on Christmas Eve and day but those were the only times it was warm enough. In fact it was only sunny on Christmas day and for the rest of the time was overcast. Our house guests had come all the way from Perth where it was in the high 30's and blazing sunshine every day! A bit of a shock for them.
I had a lovely feast planned for the holidays and so after popping down to the airport on Christmas Eve morning we headed over to collect our seafood from the local fishmonger who had in fact opened at 3am that morning! Madness. Anyway we rocked up at around 11 and the queue was through the shopping centre and around the corner! We joined the queue with Gloria Jeans coffees in hand and thankfully it only took around 45 mins to get to the front. I bought 2kg of the most amazing pre-cooked Australian medium king prawns and 4 Moreton Bay Bugs. All of it was totally delicious and the best prawns I have ever had. The rest of our festive party concurred!
A dip in the pool helped with the jet lag and refreshed us all. Andy came home and the festivities really started! Surf and turf for tea and then Finn & Isla went off to bed after leaving some food out for the reindeer and Father Christmas himself!
Finn has reached the age where he really gets Christmas and was therefore pretty excited....a 6:10 start for us this year....!
Father Christmas came!
New Christmas PJ's!
Super cool sunnies from Father Christmas
It was a hot and sunny day so after breakfast we headed out into the garden and spent a great few hours in the pool. Andy had a practice on his body board which I gave him!
We then cooked some chicken on the barbie which turned out pretty well - we experimented with beer chicken which was good!
Christmas happiness is up to your elbow in a Pringles tub next to the pool after a refreshing dip!
The chicken turned out very well!
We had a late lunch/early tea before flaking in front of a film and then off to bed. A very different Christmas day for us but it was nice. I had been struggling with feeling festive but having children and their excitement is contagious! Spending time with the people you love makes it easier. The first time in decades that Somerset has had a white Christmas and we have missed it though....typical!
On Monday we decided to brave the beach as the weather was not great, a bit chilly and overcast but Andy really wanted a go on his new bodyboard. So we decided on Manly as it has the beach right next to the town so we could head there for lunch. Without further ado, here is the evidence:
Look at that cloud cover. Seconds later Andy went under that wave and out the other side!
Post body boarding - he looks good in a wet suit!
Chuffed with his accomplishments!
Back to normality now really, the tree is still up and we plan to try and see the 9pm fireworks on Friday night but our guests have gone. Finn & Isla were very lucky and have had some lovely toys which are their current favourites!
One last pic which is so cute, Isla was given a beautiful tea set and wooden cake stand from Granny and Grandad and she and Finn had such fun on Christmas day having a tea party in her room. Too cute!
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