chrimbo '08

'Twas the night before Christmas... and all was quiet in the Jamrobber house...

The boys had sprinkled reindeer food (oats and sparkles) out in the back garden to make sure Rudolph would find our house and guide Santa's sleigh safely into our midst. They left out carrots and water for the reindeer and a glass of milk, the first slice of Christmas cake and some of our homemade biscotti for Santa (geezz, at that rate, it's not surprising his belly is bursting out of those red pants!)

Dressed in their new Christmas pyjamas, full of nervous excitement, they headed to bed.

[Yes, that's a miniature fake Christmas tree right there in the boys' bedroom... complete with fairy lights and a rudolph on top!]

They hung up their Christmas stockings....

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And waited for the MAGIC to happen...

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And happen it did!

The next morning was a flurry of excitement :)

... wild Jamrobber excitement!

And presents... lots of presents!!

These kids must have done something right because... WOW... Santa gave them the five star treatment ;)

We overlooked our "no toys on the table rule" and had breakfast whilst reading and playing with our new goodies!

Then we went back to the living room to continue unwrapping our treasures!

**That little thing that looks like a mobile phone in Daddy's hands? It's a cool new Flip video camera that Santa brought for him**

Malachy got a cool new scooter and Liam got a new bike!!

(Lorcan decided to take out his old bike too! Who says Christmas is all about new toys?!)

The entire cast of the Hundred Acre Wood made an appearance!

As well as the cast of Peter Pan (not pictured).

Liam is an avid reader now... so, needless to say, Santa knew that and brought him plenty of reading material :)

The majority of our gifts are for shaing -that's the way we like it :)

We got ourselves some new musical instruments too!

This talking Indiana Jones action doll (that somehow managed to work its way into someone's stocking) fell into Lorcan's hands and was promptly undressed...!

Granny and Granddad came to see all of our presents... and play with us for a while!

Soon it was time to get ready for our family Christmas dinner.

Everything was delicious!

And, yes, we all ate waaaay too much :)

The rest of the day was spent lounging, watching movies, playing, eating some more, unwrapping more gifts (and leaving some under the tree for the days to come)... a classic family Christmas.

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The Christmas spirit spilled over into the days following Christmas day... with more books, toys and presents filling the cold winter hours at home.