4 posts tagged “summer”

I am finally getting around to doing a post on our Christmas celebrations.   

On Christmas Eve we attended a German style Christmas Eve party at the home of my husband's cousin (whose wife is from a German family).  My kids were a bit envious that these kids get visited by both German Father Christmas and Aussie Santa.  It was a great (boozy) night and meant that we all, apart from my son, slept in late on Christmas Day. 

The table at the German Christmas Eve party.

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A chocolate house.

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My son actually crept up early and snuck all his presents into his room to open in bed.  This is why I wasn't able to get a shot of both the kids presents in front of the tree!  I used recyclable Christmas shopping bags instead of stockings or pillow cases this year.  The kids didn't get very much as their main gift was the plane ticket over to the island.  They seemed very happy with everything though. My son's favourite gift was a $3 torch (flashlight) and my daughter's a little dog charm for her charm bracelet.  My nephew and nieces also seemed happy with the shopping I had done for them (mostly clothes and books including most of what they got from Santa). 

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We celebrated (Australian) Christmas with my husband's extended family at a hotel with a pool.  It was really nice and very low stress for everyone (especially those who would normally have been cooking and cleaning up).  In addition to the pool there was also a lawn with games like bocce and quoits.  Lunch was a buffet and the kids all particularly enjoyed the range of desserts on offer (including pavlova and chocolate mousse).

Actually it was lucky I took these photos on Wednesday as I ended up being home from work sick yesterday (had a migraine from not sleeping for several nights because it was so hot).  It is now Friday and I am off to the hairdresser soon to get my hair tidied up.  The weather has also cooled down since then so I am no longer wearing my sandals to the office. 

Self portrait back to work

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Self portrait summer toes

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Self portrait train tracks

Hard to believe that it is Summer in Australia.

Show us a sign that the holidays are upon us.

Bare shoulders amongst the city suits.

English backpackers

Christmas flags in Elizabeth Street.

Christmas possum

Christmas cocky

Actually not a lot going on as far as I can tell.  The David Jones Department store has its Christmas windows ready for viewing but don't think I will bother bringing the kids in this year as they aren't all that great compared with other years.