Rieley was so VERY excited when he woke up on Christmas morn at 6:45 am. Thankfully Kellie woke up at the same time.
On Christmas Eve, we had a very nice dinner, then we put out stockings, the Santa sack (where Santa puts one present for each child unwrapped), cookies, a carrot, water and a beer. We stood at Rieley's window for quite a while trying to spy Santa's sleigh but no luck, maybe next year. ;)
The kids opened the Santa sack and tipped out their stocking, then we had breakfast and a much needed cup of coffee for Mum and Dad. :) Our breakfast was 'ham and smoked cheese croissants' which were so yummy, we've had them for the last 3 Christmas breakfasts now. We then went and opened the rest of the presents. It was so much fun and took a lot of time, which was even better. Each toy or book or whatever had to be examined and exclaimed over (by Rieley). We had to help Kellie open some presents which she wasn't terribly interested in, she just wanted to play with what Rieley opened. lol We decided that we would only tag those presents that were specifically for one child and the rest were for whichever child got it first. Our policy in this house is that all toys are to be played with by both of them, they have a couple of special items but I've found neither are territorial. So that is why we didn't tag the majority of the presents.
Rieley was so excited he was shaking like crazy and just so happy and 'loved' everything and everything was 'this is the best xxx that I've ever seen'. lol
Ron and I napped a bit in the lounge room while the kids played with their toys around us. We then made a 'decadent chocolate mousse' during the morning and a couple of salads. Lunch was cold meat and salad and it was delicious. I just bought 5 x 250 g of ham and turkey from the deli. Tiger prawns and leftovers for dinner plus the Mousse in brandy boats for desert and OMG it is totally delicious. First time I have ever cooked a chocolate mousse.
I got a wii game (Super Mario) for Ron and we played that for a short while in the afternoon and later when the kids were tucked in bed - too funny. It's two player, simultaneously and a bit like watching Laurel and Hardy. PMSL
I asked for a push bike and a trailer for my Christmas and birthday present. I went and got the bike the other day but I'll get the trailer in a month or so.
We have had a lovely, relaxing three days. Ron is back at work tomorrow morning and won't have a day off until about 8 January as we have some friends staying for a couple of days, so Ron is taking some leave for that.
Only blot on an otherwise perfect few days have been my headaches, I get them daily (I've always got a headache, it's just how bad that varies) anyway but they seem to be getting worse when I'm ovulating and when I get my period. Of course I'm ovulating. I'm also taking some tablets right now that seem to be giving me a different headache also. I think it's my weak area of my body, so my head is affected very easily. I'm just so sick and tired of having a headache all the time and it seems worse when it is a special time of year - I cried to Ron this morning (which doesn't happen very often). He thinks we should nudge the Ophthalmologist and see what is going on with what he wants to do with my nystagmus surgery which might help with some of these headaches.
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