And thus the legend of the Christmas snake was born
I probably should mention Christmas while it's still 2008.
Pretty good day, though a little strange. Started off with me only having about 2 hours sleep...then being panicky for about half the day.
There was a snake out the back of the house - green tree snake. About a metre long and skinny. We haven't seen it since, might've just been passing through. We were hoping it might get the bloody rat.
Brother, sister-in-law and the kidlets arrived about noon. Lara went to bed, but screamed for about 15 minutes. Apparently she's been doing that a lot lately. Once she realised she wasn't coming out of the bedroom, she settled down and went to sleep.
Brother still wasn't well, hadn't eaten for 4 days. Every time he tried, he got diarrhoea. Our feeling was that it wasn't the virus anymore, but his digestive system being over-sensitive. He didn't look good at all. He finally had Immodium before they left and started getting better.
Lunch was melted ham/cheese/pineapple on croissants. Had a bit of difficulty eating unfortunately :(
Lara wasn't that interested in the rice yoghurt, so ended up with grapes/cheese stick/turkish delight chocolate. Liam slept through most of the time.
Lara got to open all the presents, and was very serious about it. Very good at opening the presents, though she couldn't have any pieces of paper on the chair with her. She'd stop and pick up even the tiniest bit and put it on the floor. She loved her Little People car, handed it straight to Pa to get it out of the packaging. She also got a (very fancy broomstick-type - press its ear and it makes sounds) horse, and as mum had bought one for here too, she was riding around the house with both her Aunty Rinne and Kasey. She'd been using the broom at home, and had also stuck a sea-horse puzzle piece between her legs :)
Lara and Liam were very spoilt :)
They left around 4pm. Dinner was prawns, ham and salad, pavlova. Mum, sister & I watched Enchanted.
Christmas has been a lot more enjoyable since Lara came along. Should be even better next year with Liam being able to be involved.
Pretty good day, though a little strange. Started off with me only having about 2 hours sleep...then being panicky for about half the day.
There was a snake out the back of the house - green tree snake. About a metre long and skinny. We haven't seen it since, might've just been passing through. We were hoping it might get the bloody rat.
Brother, sister-in-law and the kidlets arrived about noon. Lara went to bed, but screamed for about 15 minutes. Apparently she's been doing that a lot lately. Once she realised she wasn't coming out of the bedroom, she settled down and went to sleep.
Brother still wasn't well, hadn't eaten for 4 days. Every time he tried, he got diarrhoea. Our feeling was that it wasn't the virus anymore, but his digestive system being over-sensitive. He didn't look good at all. He finally had Immodium before they left and started getting better.
Lunch was melted ham/cheese/pineapple on croissants. Had a bit of difficulty eating unfortunately :(
Lara wasn't that interested in the rice yoghurt, so ended up with grapes/cheese stick/turkish delight chocolate. Liam slept through most of the time.
Lara got to open all the presents, and was very serious about it. Very good at opening the presents, though she couldn't have any pieces of paper on the chair with her. She'd stop and pick up even the tiniest bit and put it on the floor. She loved her Little People car, handed it straight to Pa to get it out of the packaging. She also got a (very fancy broomstick-type - press its ear and it makes sounds) horse, and as mum had bought one for here too, she was riding around the house with both her Aunty Rinne and Kasey. She'd been using the broom at home, and had also stuck a sea-horse puzzle piece between her legs :)
Lara and Liam were very spoilt :)
They left around 4pm. Dinner was prawns, ham and salad, pavlova. Mum, sister & I watched Enchanted.
Christmas has been a lot more enjoyable since Lara came along. Should be even better next year with Liam being able to be involved.