I am so glad that a happy Christmas was had by all, I am very proud of that Nig Nog for getting over terrible difficulties at Christmas dinner, even if she has forgotten how to write, very well done!
All went well here we had a huge sea food feast on Christmas Eve for about ten people. Christmas day went like a dream, turkey and ham included, and the weather was kind in that it was dull and raining, so the humidity was not too bad. We had several Barbie's on the deck, and were completely unaffected by the weather. This, I may add, is my third rainy Christmas in Aus, and we are currently on a severe weather warning so I will update you as to the relative meaning of 'unaffected' when we get the all clear.
See his feet? He has discovered the pleasures of going barefoot. We always did in South Africa and I found it very odd that English people seemed to have such a 'thing' about the wearing of shoes. You can't even wander around a hospital ward barefoot if you are a patient, without someone telling you to put some shoes on. In the last 10 years I have adjusted to this odd notion but it does my heart good to see Steve enjoying the freedom of being unshod.
Primary school children in South Africa don't have to wear shoes to school in summer. And over there when it rains, it pours down in bucketfuls, but the rain is warm so people take their shoes off. Its not as mad as it sounds, as it is a lot quicker to dry feet than to dry leather shoes. Shoes get stuffed in a plastic bag and carried and put on indoors when you get to where you are going.
Mia was of course the star of the show, and a delight, when I wasn't cooking I was trying to curl up with my new books, which is what Christmas is all about, after conspicuous consumption, when a voice would say Grandfer not read book play toys with Mia, so what could I do?
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