Christmas was the first big event and we spent it here at home. Neither of us took any holidays over the Christmas break, so Rick worked right through (12 hr shifts for 10 days) and I had just the Public Holidays off. David, now 22, was down from Julia Creek and spent about 2 weeks with us which was GREAT. He really hasn't been back since moving out west, so we all really enjoyed his company - especially the kids. They loved getting to know their big brother again and he loved spending time with them as well. He offered to stay at home and mind them every day so that I could go to work and not worry about them. From their point of view, there was certainly lots of BIG advantages in having a brother in his 20's come to stay - like having Pizza delivered for lunch on the first day. (We never have Home Delivery Pizza).
Here they are trying on David's Fireman's helmet.
About a week before christmas our neighbors got together with us and we organised a street christmas party on our shared front lawn. We delivered invitations/flyers to all the houses in the street and 11/14 of those houses came. Everybody brought a plate of savouries and something to BBQ. As the day got later and the sun diseappeared we slowly spread out onto the road in the cul-de-sac. It was a great atmosphere and nice to finally meet everyone in the street.
Santa even made a surprise visit and gave lollies out to all the kids.
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