Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Christmas 2012





When Grace crept down to our room on Christmas morning, I braced myself for an early start to our day.  Instead, she cuddled up beside me and drifted back to sleep, not waking until around seven thirty when her little sister thought it was time to get the fun started.  As she sat up, I asked, "Do you remember what day it is today?"

She looked at me quizzically before replying... "Wednesday?"

I started the morning with camera in hand.  A few shots later, and it remained untouched for the rest of the day as I instead enjoyed the company of my loved ones and delighted in their excited faces and all the fun as presents were opened and time was spent together.

We had a quiet few hours at home with a special breakfast of homemade waffles and fruit, enjoying our gifts and some down time before the big day ahead.  Lunch was at my Uncle's with extended family on my side and our night time celebration was with Paul's extended family at our house.  With an extremely over tired Sophie tucked up in her own cot and Grace running happily around on our lawn with her cousins, I looked around on Christmas night at all the smiling faces and thought about how lucky we are to have a yard large enough to comfortably host our ever growing family.

Christmas was fun filled and celebratory but quite tiring and today has thankfully been much slower paced, just as Boxing Day should be in my eyes.  We've gradually gone through and put away our gifts, stacked and un-stacked the dishwasher several times, had a swim in the neighbours' pool (they are away on holidays for several weeks and have encouraged us to use it... much welcomed with the heat wave ahead of us here in Perth), nibbled on left overs and caught up on some sleep with afternoon naps all round.  I'm hoping this pattern of days spent lazily at home relaxing and enjoying some quiet time together continues.

I hope your Christmas was a magical one too...

16 comments:

  1. Merry Christmas Amanda. Lucky you getting a sleep in on the big morning, a bit of a treat in itself ahead of such a big day! Sounds like a delightful day was had - I didn't remember to get my camera out once and didn't feel overly concerned about this later! Enjoy that relaxing by the pool while you get to use it, perfect for the coming days :)

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  2. Sounds like a wonderful christmas! Enjoy the rest of your time :-)

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  3. That's so funny 'Wednesday' !!!
    Your Christmas sounds perfect ;0)
    Tania xx

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  4. "Wednesday?" Haaaaa bless her. What a cutie!!!!!!

    Your Xmas sounds blissful - full of family, food and fun.

    I'm glad you had such a lovely day and a relaxing Boxing Day to recover too. Sounds a lot like ours :)

    Love the 2 photos of the girls!
    xx

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  5. It sounds like you had a very lovely day Amanda, so nice to take it easy to start but then also nice to share with a big family too. I hope you enjoy the quietness of the next few days, I'm looking forward to that too! Also hope it's not too hot x

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  6. A belated Merry Christmas to you and your family Amanda. It sounds like you have a lovely time. I had a nice Christmas day too. My neice was just so excited - it's always more fun with young children.
    Boxing day was relaxed here too - I slept on the couch a bit and ate naughty food.
    xx

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  7. It sounds like you had an amazing Christmas! I love it when you leave your sweet comments on my blog. :-) I hope you have a year ahead full of blessings!

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  8. Every best Christmas wish to you and your family Amanda. xx

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  9. Merry christmas Amanda. Sounds likes beautiful day spent with loved ones. I was the opposite with the camera and used my proper camera (slr) for the first time in over a year!! Just need to find the motivation to sit in front of a computer and look at them. Maybe in the new year. Have a wonderful new year lovely lady.

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  10. Ahhhh your children are so gorgeous!! I totally agree that Boxing Day should be a relaxed, lazy one. Loving your blog Amanda just had a really enjoyable read. Hope you continue to have a lovely festive break.

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  11. How adorable forgetting it was Christmas. It sounds like you all had a lovely day:)

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  12. Sounds like a lovely day Amanda. THe looks on the girls faces are priceless. I hope you have a wonderful year ahead. Deb

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  13. Love Miss Gracie's face,too sweet! Sounds like you had a wonderful time over Christmas. We too enjoyed our neighbour's pool on all the summer holidays growing up, my parents were very pleased.

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  14. Beautiful sentiments Amanda. I cant believe how big Grace looks on her bike ! They are both beautiful girls.
    Wishing you beautiful year ahead with your precious family.
    Karyn x

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  15. Oh you'll be blessing those neighbours of yours in this heat!!

    There was no way mine were forgettting what day it was - we were definitely up before 6!! Lots of happy faces here too - like your Gracie - she looks adorable
    x

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  16. Isn't Grace a little sweetie, I bet you were happy to have a little extra sleep it would have made for a perfect day. I love the look on Sophie's face, the excitement of little ones on Christmas morning is so beautiful and Grace looks so big on her bike, time goes by so quickly. I'm glad you had such a lovely time with family celebrating, I like the sound of swimming in the neighbours pool too, sounds like the perfect summer holiday:) xx

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