Christmas in Hobart

Well it seems ages since I blogged. But I am finally back from Hobart and have been through the hundreds of photos that I took. I have added some here of things we have been up to since Christmas eve. I have also realised that the photos have got the things recent first down to Christmas Eve. We are starting a new tradition on Christmas eve and started going out for dinner with Mum on Christmas eve as we have found that the Christmas lights are not as good as they use to be, plus we have seen most of them and they don't change too much from year to year. We went to the Prince of Wales in Battery Point and had a lovely counter meal. Amelia and William had a HUGE plate of food. After dinner we drove home and had the kids get things ready for Santa and his Reindeers. William struggled a bit as he wanted to eat the food we were putting out and as a result he got very crabby. The kids went to be around 9.30 and 10pm and slept really well. Amelia was the first one up at 5.15am and she did a great job waiting over an hour for William and the rest of the family to get up before she went to check out what Santa had brought everyone. Again lots of new toys, amelia got a digital camera this year and William got a bike, Charlotte got a CD player. Our family gift was a BBQ, which is great as we cranked it up just prior to Christmas and it was yummy. As usual lunch was t my mum's house and all the family arrived around 11 whcih was great but everyone wanted to give the presents all at the one time and it was chaotic. The kids were bombarded with wrapping paper and toys. After the unwrapping and a bit of a play we ate a yummy lunch, Roast lamb, turkey, hame baked vegies and steamed vegies. Desert is always my favourite mum's christmas pudding, with custard and rasberries. She also made a trifle and a pav but she always puts rum or something in the trifle and it is a bit too much I reckon. After a restful afternoon we went to Ryan's parents for tea and just a relax as it was just them and us with Anthony, much more quiet. We got home aroung 9 and the kids were in bed by 9.30.

Boxing day was an early one as we went to the Christmas after sales and had things we wanted to get in mind. Ryan got some clothes and books. We did some clothes shopping for the kids and also some brithday shopping for Amelia. It was a long day and we ate subway for lunch. We got home around 4pm after spending from 9am in town. Ryan and I got the kids ready for bed and did the 4k run up at the domain as we want to run it for the Mothers Day classic next year.

We also got to catch up with some freinds in Hobart this time as we didn't have to get back for Ryans wor as quick as we usually do. It was nice to see them as they have since got married in Novemeber so we got to see the photos and just chat about what we have been up to for the past few months. William loved the motor bike and the skateboard and they gave him the skateboard to bring home. We travelled home on Sunday as Ryan had to get to work on the Monday and we brought Mum back up with us as she is staying for a week and celebrating New Years with us. I suppose that wil be the next info I will blog about here.

William was wanting to sit with Mum's little bear on the dolls seat, it was rather funny to watch.

Amelia is just too cool with the shades.

We went to visit some friends while in Hobart and Garry has a motor bike which William (and Daddy) loved. William was lucky to get a sit on it.

Thanks to Austar Amelia was able to enjoy her shopping trip a little more as she got to sit in Eastlands and relax watching the Cartoon Network while Mum and I did some shopping.

Ryan did well to survivie shopping on the boxing day! Mid you he did rather well from it as well!

William was bribed with a lollypop to get him through the shopping expereince.

Amelia was not all that happy doing the shopping in town.

What more presents!

Whats that William?

This is what happens to the older folk when they have had a lovely Christmas dinner. Nan and Pa both fell asleep after eating lots of yummy Christmas food.

Charlotte enjoying her CHristmas

Opening the presents, I wonder what was inside?

Itwas a very Wiggly Christmas for William this year as he LOVES everything Wiggles!

A new bike to do wheelies on, I am sure that this will be sooner rather than later as William is such a dare devil!

Wow what has Santa brought us all!

All dressed for Christmas!

Mum's Christmas lights, very pretty!

Amelia left a carrot for Rudolph, Christmas Pud for Santa and some biscuits, along with a can of drink.

All I want is for Santa to come! William was soo tiered on Christmas Eve that he just couldn't get the idea that we had to leave the food for Santa and that he couldn't eat it!

Charlotte sampled some of William's ice cream.

This was the kids meal that they got, I reckon I should have ordered this as well! It was huge, plus they got icecream as well.

Hello William!

Ring ring ring, who is on the phone William, oh thats right it's mummy!

Hanging out waiting for tea

Amelia enjoying a glass of water, very sophistacted in her drinking!

A new haircut! I finally was able to get in to my hairdresser in Hobart and get the dodgy dead ends cut! I actually think I like it better curly, but shhh I didn't say that as I am always complaining about how I have to straighten my hair. I just might leave it curly for a while now.