Christmas Day

We had a lovely Christmas Day .....Santa came, DD was up at 6.30am insisting we all get up, as he  HAD been, we opened our presents (I got a new mobile phone-YAY!),

we all had an hour back in bed...and by 10 o'clock the Military Operation which is our Christmas Dinner prep was underway!  Although I do the shopping and much of the preparation, the actual cooking is done by DH and DD....I just set the table and make sure the house looks good.

 DH makes a timetable which is followed to the minute and, although we laugh at the precision of it all, it makes for a fab dinner. This year, due to ongoing gas boiler problems which DH has been attempting to resolve in his every spare minute, DD virtually cooked the meal on her own...and made a  great job of it! She even had time to paint her nails before serving it!

Mum always makes pavlova for dessert even though she hates it herself, so I made a fruit salad for her!

To end the day off, my dad likes to get a photograph of everyone who was here for dinner, so we all dutifully gathered on (or around) the settee and smiled!

.....and it was over...DH took his father and stepmum home and we all changed into our 'comfy' clothes and did the tidying up, before collapsing in a heap to watch 'The Santa Claus' on DVD.

...and that, my friends, is a little glimpse into Christmas Day at the McInnes'.

Hope you all had the kind of Christmas day you enjoy...we certainly did!

Thanks for dropping by!

take care

Alison xx