Christmas Day is always a special occasion for the children and this year was no exception.
We started our celebration by attending the Family Vigil Mass at St Mary’s.
We then drove around Kalgoorlie looking at some of the Christmas lights. Funnily enough the council tree in St Barbara’s Square wasn’t lit at 8.15pm.
Anyhow, there were some wonderfully decorated homes. The twins managed to contain their excitement and went to bed about 9pm.
They woke us at 5.45am and were straight into the presents.
James is getting better at this. He used to get so overwhelmed that he would finish up grumpy in a corner somewhere.
Today he still took his presents to a quiet place for opening, like a dog with a bone, but he returned for more and didn’t get agitated.
Maggie is much more comfortable in the limelight.
Little kids are easy to buy presents for and much cheaper. They’re happy with anything basically.
For the big kids, we had detailed wishlists and had to work our way through them (expensively) over several weeks.
Twitter: delmerw
says:
I was just thinking about how much more Christmasy the tree looked when the boys were younger and there were more gifts under it. Each year there seem to be fewer gifts but the price tag gets higher.
This year the boys asked for few things — but they were all expensive. I got most of what everybody asked for, and all the main things. Some things had to be left out for a boy here and there just to keep it fair.Â
I seemed to be the only one worried about how naked the underside of the tree looked. Nobody complained … everybody was happy. Next year I won’t worry so much.
(Maggie is a cutie.)
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Twitter: mgorey
says:
Thanks Delmer. Yes, Maggie is cute. Her twin brother is more identical to his older brother than he is to her.
I love them all, of course, but a dad is allowed a soft spot for his youngest daughter, I think.