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Merry Christmas - round 2

So Boxing Day afternoon we packed up the rest of the presents that Santa had left under our Christmas tree and took them over to Nanna Carmel and Grandpa Rob's house for the next instalment of Christmas 2010.

Ollie always has such a good time here because he just loves his aunties Emma & Hayley and Uncles Luke and Simon and Fiona. He gets so much attention normally so of course he was going to be the star of a Christmas gathering. Not surprisingly there were lots of lovely presents for him and by now he had totally got the hang of this present thing, wildly ripping paper off and declaring "that's mine" about any present that was around.


In keeping with his domestic goddess themed presents, Ollie got his very own shopping trolley and cash register, complete with groceries. He has been having a wonderful time pushing them around the house along with his newest friend, Jemima from Play School from Aunty Hayley, who he has had a real interest in lately (Jemima that is, not Hayley, he has always been interested in her). He was especially thrilled to receive Jemima after an incident we had a few weeks earlier when I let him hold her at the ABC shop (rookie mistake) and very nearly had to purchase her. Since then he has been holding her up when Play School is on and saying "same same".
Here is Ollie trying to figure out how to make the cash register work with Grandpa Rob. Although Ollie did have some useful tips I suspect Rob might have figured it out without his assistance.


Playing shop with Aunty Emma. My favourite part was when we taught him to say "thank you come again".


A shot of Ollie and his beloved Jemima the next day. It looks like true love. She has even been to the real grocery store with us now.


With Christmas behind us we have been having a lovely time just hanging out as a family. Our absolute favourite days have been the sunny ones where Nick has been able to get out on his new kayak while Ollie and I swim at the local beach. He is quite the little fish and has absolutely no fear of the water, sometimes diving straight in when he is fully clothed. We then often find ourselves at a local cafe having breakfast, all before 8.30am, shaking our heads in disbelief at the time and how time efficient you can be when you have a little person who wakes up at 5am!

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