The Many Faces of Concentration

Top of R's Santa list was a Lego fire boat. He spent a whole 3 hours on Christmas Day building it on his lonesome. I suspect if it had taken him 6, he'd have sat for that long and completed it too such was his dedication.
I was so surplus to requirements that all I could do was snap away around him!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Stress Free Christmas

Given that (generally) I am only at home every second Christmas, I really wanted to spend this Christmas in particular with my wife and kids so we could make the most of opening gifts, playing with toys and not concentrating on cooking. I do enjoy cooking dinner at Chrimbo, but I like to do everything on the day and that's just not practical when you are entertaining!

I got exactly what I asked for. Both our brothers had our respective parents over, leaving us free to our own devices.

 

Early doors, after checking to see if the Big Man had come (which evidently he had), we had breakfast before checking on his progress across the other side of the ocean. Apparently, he was due in Mexico City imminently.

 



 

It seems Santa left a letter for the boys telling them they had been good. R read it for his brothers, who inspected the left over carrots, crumbs and milk left by Santa and his mates.

C was mildly amused by all the presents which had appeared overnight. I think he was more impressed with the re-positioned table more than anything else which meant he could climb and use the sofa for a hand hold.

 

So the opening commenced, with Big Brother closely inspecting what his younger brothers were receiving.

 





 

 

Middle brother is very very pleased Santa brought him his crane.

 



 

 

Mum was apparently quite shocked when a quick peek under the wrapping revealed what Santa has left for her. It would seem acceptable that mum's should receive gifts with plugs....contrary to common opinion.

 

C was impressed with his WOW toys - so much so that he spent the whole day shouting WOW!

 



Big brother was equally impressed that Santa got his list. There will be another blog about that shortly......

 







 

All in all, a very relaxed and enjoyable Christmas Day, spent mainly playing with children and playing with toys. Dinner was a simple, yet suitably Christmas affair. I'll most likely be away next year, so I'm very glad I got the opportunity to make the most of this one.

And yes, Santa was very good to me too.....