Boxing Day at the Beach

Today we slowly woke up and got started on food for today, we are spending most of the day at the beach house with the rest of the family and must be ready for the hungry mouths.

This morning I Skyped mum and dad before we left… I also woke up at 2 am so I could talk to them and be there when everyone opens their presents on Christmas, the time change isn’t ideal but I made it work!

We raced Fee to the beach house and of course we won… we knew of a secret short cut!  Janice was already there with her kids but Tara, Joe and the kids had left for the park; they would meet us soon.  Unloading all the food was a breeze and we started preparing lunch the moment we got there.  We had sandwiches and homemade veggie sausage rolls… Lyn made the rolls and oh my goodness did they taste magnificent!  I couldn’t stop eating them, I did eat fruit that day… not all rolls, except for my stomach.

I sat down on the couch and got Evie to fall asleep in my arms once again.  While she slept I talked to her and she started smiling!  I quietly yelled to Jenna who ran over to watch, this wasn’t her first time smiling but I was super excited to have made her smile.  I watched her for another 45 minutes after that and then we headed out for a walk along the beach.

How lovely is she!

I walked barefoot all the way to the new jetty, I thought my feet would be able to handle it but they are the same as they use to be.  They have become sensitive and halfway through the walk I had to retreat to the softness of the grass, my feet have shamed me.

The new jetty everyone is so proud of!

Back at the house there was company!  Two couples that I forget the names of but both from South Australia… I think.  It felt like they stayed and talked forever… I just wanted to start dinner but the girls found me and kept me occupied.  We played with their new toys for quite some time and before I knew it we were being called down for dinner.  All that need to be done for dinner was to heat up soup and butter buns.  The girls and I gracefully walked down the stairs like princess at a ball and then sat for food.  I had two bowls of soup and I enjoyed every mouth full.

The girls dragged me back up stairs after I got them to help in the kitchen.  We played a little more but Bell decided she wanted to braid my hair and give me a princess hairdo.  She didn’t get to finish because it was the time of day where I had to head home but before I did I showed the girls a preview to my favorite movie.  It is called Fairytale; A True Story, since the girls love fairies and so do I, I told them all I could before I left.

We gave each other big hugs goodbye and then we were off.

At home we had nothing to do but watch movies, I don’t remember which one we watched but I do remember that I had a slice of ice cream cake before I went to bed.

Tonight is the last night Fee and I share a room, tomorrow everyone except Vince and Lyn leave for Melbourne… it will be a sad day.