Pre-Christmas

The end of the year seems to have approached us at a very rapid pace. Knowing our Christmas was going to be spent in Perth, we tried to prepare earlier in advance by doing most of our shopping online but somehow I still ended up making multiple trips to the mall. Justin was so eager to put up the Christmas tree now that he knows more about this special holiday so he decorated it all by himself...and then OCD mommy just had to fix it up. We added our own personalised Christmas balls and hung up our stockings, all ready for Santa's visit.  

Justin decorating the tree

A good effort

Hanging up the stockings

OCD mommy fixed up the tree

With us going away, as well as Bg and Louise (my brother and his fiancee) and Barry and Candice (Row's cousin and her husband) not being here, we decided to celebrate Christmas a week early. Bg and Louise graciously hosted us and we all enjoyed a delicious spread. It really felt like Christmas cos we pulled crackers, opened presents and ate way too much food. 

Ava's first Christmas

Our delicious Christmas lunch

Our very good family friends, aunty Glor and uncle Colin, are in town visiting from South Africa so we got to see them a few times. It's always nice to see familiar faces from SA, especially family. 

Justin also had his end of year concert at daycare. He was so good, practising at home and teaching us the words and actions, always sure to count us in and also correct us! We were worried about his reaction on the day of the concert because he doesn't go to daycare on that day, so we had to take him in before the start of the concert. I was worried that he wouldn't want to go to the classroom, or sit with the other kids or start crying when he saw us in the audience. But our boy was a star! He sat nicely, listened to his teacher and sang, he even waved to us :)

  

Paying more attention to ringing the bell than singing "Jingle Bells"