Good thing we weren't planning a picnic in the park - or indeed a boat ride....
that chain in the distance - yeah, where the boats are launched from.
Our first opening was actually last night. This awesome book arrived for the girls - The Night Before Christmas has always been a favourite in this house, but the added bonus of it being in Grandberta's voice makes it exquisite.
'Salina spent nearly 20 minutes in a queue for this to be wrapped by the charity ladies in the mall, about 16 hours anticipating and
2 minutes "helping" Paris unwrap a surefire winner.
Not that there was a lack of things to be unwrapped this morning... We all scored well,
ate well and got to view far too many Christmas Day movies. Note to self - no matter how cynical this hard shell of the outside of me pretends to be, it only takes 10 seconds to find tears welling if Santa gets his way...
or looking back to how far we have all come, baby...
Merry Christmas to all from Paradise XX