Children playing, having fun

Davies tried to start Christmas at 210am when he wandered into our bedroom clutching his pillowcase saying ‘It’s Christmas – look!’ I started to sit up and get ready to be festive but glanced at the clock and realised what the time was and told him it was technically Christmas but still way too early to be up. I didn’t really expect him to listen but he obviously wasn’t properly awake as he toddled back off to bed and went back to sleep!

He reappeared again just before 7am and this time joined us in bed to open the presents in his pillowcase. Ady went to wake Tarly and we all went to watch her open hers before heading into the lounge. Thanks to buying presents for the kids throughout the year we managed to get a very sizaeble stash of things under the tree (I think they had about 23 things each to unwrap) which they did in a leisurely fashion, often stopping to play with things or investigate them properly before carrying on. They both took a break when there were still gifts left to play on their DS’s. We’d got them both rumble packs with about 10 games loaded on so that kept them very busy :).

I’d gotten Ady a few bits including pratical stuff like a new alarm clock as his was broken. He’d gotten me a digital photo keyring (which I’d circled in a catalogue and written ‘Nic wants one of these!’ ages ago) and Bop It Extreme. I’d played on one at a friends house way back last year and been all wistful at the one we bought for a birthday present for a friend this year and now I have my own :). And you can do two player stuff on it which Davies and I have been making full use of.

At midday we packed ourselves up and headed over to my parents. Our present from them this year was our passports so that took the pressure right off – I HATE being given presents and having to pretend I like them and unfortunately my Mum isn’t that great at giving good presents. They were pleased with their gifts and we had a nice day with Mum and Dad, Frazer and Granny. Dinner was really nice, I mulled some wine which went down well with mincemeat muffins, the kids had taken some of their presents from home over to unwrap there and Scarlett was thrilled with her Animal Hospital stuff which her and I spent ages putting all the stickers on.

I had a couple of gritting teeth moments but I guess it wouldn’t be Christmas without those ;). We watched Doctor Who at 6pm and then gathered ourselves together to come home. Davies of course wanted to watch W&G, Scarlett opted for half an hour of playing DS in bed time instead. They went to bed, we drank champage, ate posh cheese and crackers and watched The Royale Family.

As Christmasses go, it’s been a pretty good one :).