Later Christmas day...

Not safe for gingerbread men,

And Santa seems to have missed the gingerbread house.

About 2pm we went to friends' place for drinks, food and cricket! It was Luisa's first time playing cricket. She got the hang of bowling really quickly.

Get him out!

And she was a natural with the bat.

Time for serious stuff - shoes off.

Then as all good Aussie backyard cricketers, a hard earned coldie.


A bit later and it was time for dinner.

First up - prawns.

Then baked ham - huge.


And turkey.

Then grandma's plum pudding and custard. It is flaming - just can't see it.

Boxing day saw "My Bar" sign go up.

The 28th saw a lot of wood chopping in the kitchen and the installation of the new induction stove by Luke. Llew had to cook on it straight away.

After it all, Peanuts was exhausted. Just let me sleep! But who wasn't like that?