Christmas morning finally arrived and actually we managed to sllep until after 7am which was pretty amazing. According to the Porter family tradition there was the Stocking hunt to start with and Ethan joined in with enthusiasm1 Well he was the only participant really with Aunty Carly lending a helping hand and the rest of the adults watching! A new twist this year and we had pictures instead of written clues - much better for a four year old!
So once the stockings were found in Aunty carly's car in the garage we got to sit around and open the pressies. Mainly it was watching Ethan...
Then after a bit of gentle persuading Ethan donned the Santa hat and with Gargs help he played a very good Santa and handed out all the presents to the waiting adults.
As a fairly highpercentage of the parcels were for the boy playing Santa it took a while. But we got there. The the next tradition ... croissants and all the trimmings yum. Then Carly and Russell headed of for "lunch" with Russell's folks and Dee, Duds and Ethan headed off to Dudley family for lunch. Daddums and I chilled out, tidied up a bit, had a quiet read and relax and then did a bit of preparation for heading over to dale and Geoff's for a Belcher family catch up for the evening.
It was a lovely day and the kids made the most of Great Nana's swimming pool. Emily and Rosa and Georgia acted as the responsible big kids and looked after the little ones.
Emms is so grown up these days I hardly recognised her. Ethan had an absolute ball though he does look a bit chilly in this photo!
Emily and Rosa decided that shower caps were in order to stop their hair getting wet! Hardly glamourous but they did the trick. Priscilla was not quite so worried about her tresses, she's a no nonsense kinda girl!
Then for a bit of a warm up Ethan did a bit of jumping around on the trampoline with dad keeping an eye out. Ethan wasn't quite so sure when there was 3 or 4 other kids jumping as well, he's not that used to having everyone cramming on so was a bit shell shocked to start with. But he loved having all the cousins around had a ball!
What a lovely Christmas, it was great to catch up with all the brothers and sisters and children and grandchildren, gosh the family is ever increasing! What a fantastic thing is family. We did miss the ones that couldn't be there but enjoyed the ones that were.
So once the stockings were found in Aunty carly's car in the garage we got to sit around and open the pressies. Mainly it was watching Ethan...
Then after a bit of gentle persuading Ethan donned the Santa hat and with Gargs help he played a very good Santa and handed out all the presents to the waiting adults.
As a fairly highpercentage of the parcels were for the boy playing Santa it took a while. But we got there. The the next tradition ... croissants and all the trimmings yum. Then Carly and Russell headed of for "lunch" with Russell's folks and Dee, Duds and Ethan headed off to Dudley family for lunch. Daddums and I chilled out, tidied up a bit, had a quiet read and relax and then did a bit of preparation for heading over to dale and Geoff's for a Belcher family catch up for the evening.
It was a lovely day and the kids made the most of Great Nana's swimming pool. Emily and Rosa and Georgia acted as the responsible big kids and looked after the little ones.
Emms is so grown up these days I hardly recognised her. Ethan had an absolute ball though he does look a bit chilly in this photo!
Emily and Rosa decided that shower caps were in order to stop their hair getting wet! Hardly glamourous but they did the trick. Priscilla was not quite so worried about her tresses, she's a no nonsense kinda girl!
Then for a bit of a warm up Ethan did a bit of jumping around on the trampoline with dad keeping an eye out. Ethan wasn't quite so sure when there was 3 or 4 other kids jumping as well, he's not that used to having everyone cramming on so was a bit shell shocked to start with. But he loved having all the cousins around had a ball!
What a lovely Christmas, it was great to catch up with all the brothers and sisters and children and grandchildren, gosh the family is ever increasing! What a fantastic thing is family. We did miss the ones that couldn't be there but enjoyed the ones that were.
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