Christmas is always fun and this year was no exception. K woke at Nanna and Grandad's at her usual wake up time of just after 5am and excitedly hustled Mum and Dad out of bed.
Her stocking (large bag) contained all the necessary things a nearly five year old desires - new pencils, toy lizards, slime, books, tattoos, marbles and more.
In previous years I have wrapped gifts from Father Christmas. This year they were all together in the bag, or nearby on the floor.
Her larger present from Father Christmas was a little shop - complete with new cash register, scales and play (Australian) money. K loves playing shop. I hope the new addition will continue this role playing for some years to come as we learn more about money, addition, subtraction and other skills.
Father Christmas also delivered some dress ups.
Christmas morning was spent as Superman - before it got too hot to be wearing much at all.
About a week later K also wore this outfit to the shops when Mum went to do the grocery shopping. It actually resulted in quite a few adults greeting/chatting to her which was good - we need to work on answering adults when they speak to us (K frequently refuses to answer/acknowledge adults).
Due to the temperature soring well above 40 degrees, a few inches of water provided a welcome opportunity to get and stay wet for most of the day. The adults all sat outside and the pool was well supervised.
On Boxing Day we started to explore our gifts. Here K is playing with her 'slime' whilst dressed as a witch.
Fireman K also went for a walk to find some fires.
Talking to the other Fireman to see where they are.
Spraying water on the roof.
The next few days were spent in and out of the pool due to the heatwave that continued.
Christmas was lovely. It was particularly nice to see the focus shift to the little kids with them the centre of everyone's attention. Most of my cousins now have little tackers and whereas a few years ago there were a lot of adults, now the prominence of small children in the festivities has actually I think ensured more peace and greater enjoyment in the day.
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