Christmas day passed.......................

Well the big day has come and gone. The only signs of Christmas having been here is our little tree is looking very lonely without all the gifts sitting under it and all those said gifts strewn all over the lounge room. I must admit we have had fun playing with all the new things. Monopoly Jr was given by Santa and has been a bit hit for the young and old in the house. We are currently starting a 1000 piece jigsaw which I think will take a few days. The weather has turned a bit sour here so it is perfect indoor entertainment.

Our Christmas day was spent with just the four of us. It started off fairly normal but proceeded to get much more interesting. We had a great lunch,which was mostly done by my husband, and then went off for a late swim, which was beautiful and then a trip to the emergency ward at the local hospital. I stepped on something in the water which caused great pain and swelling . We haven't come across anything nasty in the water before but do know there is a few things about here.We found out it was a Scorpion fish(quite common) and in the end it wasn't so bad but a 1 1/2 hour sit in emergency and a great big bandage on my foot was called for. When I walked out the kids were looking rather horrified. They couldn't quite believe such a big bandage was needed for such a little prick.

The said bandage.

Joyuex noel.................

'Only one more sleep!!'

We wish everybody a 'Merry Christmas' and 'bonne fete'!.

Xmas anticipation............

Not much going on here today other than browsing through the 'Hiver'(winter) edition of Marie Claire Idees. A marvelous magazines I have discovered in this French colony. They make such lovely stuff and display it in the most beautiful way. I do love how they even decorate their match boxes so elegantly. Eye candy for crafters and lovers of tres jolie stuff I think.

The countdown is on. Talk of food for the day and what is in all the presents that sit under our tree fill our house with much chatter. Only 3 sleeps to go and counting!!!

Sunsets and swimming...........................

The sunset from last nights picnic. It really is a beautiful time to be on the beach. We need to do it more and we always say that but never seem to get there. Maybe that's a 2008 resolution( yes thinking about them already).

The kids still swimming as the last of the sun disappears. It's amazing how the colours in the sky can change in a few minutes. As the sun hits the water the clouds all seem to go pink. Our Christmas time is very different from the ones I read about on the other side of the world. Oh and it's getting so close now!!

Bags and beaches..................

Just delivered my last 'Handmade' order for Christmas. There was a couple of bags in the order and on was requested to have farm animals on it and there it is.

I also had to make a bag for Django because he has been waiting patiently for so long to get his bag. It all seems to be made for somebody else and not him. He got one with mermaids. He obsession that has gone on for many years. Now we are off for a beach picnic and relax. It has been so hot here for the past few weeks about this time of night is superb on the beach. Hopefully there won't be to much sand in the roast chicken and a nice sunset to watch.
See ya I'm off!!!!

Day 18 and the peg dolls............

Day 18 presents off the advent calender( a little late for show and tell but oh well you all know the saying. Better late.......). Some cute card holders. Not overly exciting but come in very handy for the few cards we have received.

The days inbetween my last post and today have been filled with chasing peg dolls around our house. Literally. As soon as I start to make them they disappear into storyland with the kids. It's very cute and I like it when the kids go off and start using their imaginations. God knows they are vivid enough but at the same time it is truly annoying. Why can't they just stay in the one place!! Anyway enough of a rant. They are now packed up and ready to go off to new homes with other imaginative children.
Happy Wednesday to all I know we are going to have a good one we are off to the kids favorite restaurant for lunch

Ah the cards........

So I finally finish my wonderful homemade Christmas cards and would you believe in my haste of trying to get them ready to post I forgot to take a single photo of them. Are you all sitting there thinking that maybe they were really bad and she didn't want anybody to see them. Not at all! I was most pleased with the way they turned out. I was even thinking that I would do it again next year but maybe be a little more organized and start a little earlier. It just seemed that last week there was a endless list of other things to be thinking about or doing. Even though here in Noumea we work on Pacific time which is always a little slower paced than anywhere else but it can still get a bit hectic at times.
That's my excuse anyway and I'm going to stick to it!