Christmas Eve 2008

We drove into Adrienne's work about mid-morning, so that we could pick up a few last minute things for Christmas and then give Jarvis beloved Mumma a ride home. Adrienne works in North Sydney, which is mainly office blocks, with little else for little people to do, hence our arrival into the office an hour early. I don't think Adrienne's co-workers were too fussed, as a bubbly wee curly haired boy running around added to the festive spirit. As we know, Jarvis certainly does not hold back when it comes to being confident and had the whole office entertained within minutes of his arrival.

I had bought some lunch for the whanau, so we moved out into the kitchen to eat it and keep the noise levels down. Jarvis was overjoyed to be joined by Carmen, Shelley and Christine, who are part of Adrienne's team. He told them jokes, pulled his best dance moves and had them in fits of laughter.

On the drive home we spotted a large plastic troll and decorative garden that has appeared underneath the local light railway bridge. We just had to pull over and check it out. Apparently, it's been set up as either a publicity stunt for a new TV show or by a group of people who reclaim boring wasted land and beautify it. Either way, we loved it. Here's some info that another local wrote: floating world views

Jarvis and I had a heap of jobs to do on Christmas Eve, such as put out carrots and water for Santa's reindeer, put up the Christmas stockings, leave out some milk and cookies for Santa and make sure the outside Christmas lights were on, so that Santa could land safely. It was such fun to do with him.

Jarvis also had a surprise visitor in the afternoon, his big sister Claire, who has just returned from China. Claire is such a sweetie and bought her little Brother's some presents. Jarvis was delighted to see Claire and talked about his big Sister all night long.

Then it was off to bed nice and early, with no fuss, for a lovely sleep to recharge the batteries for The Big Day!

House Dad.