Christmas Eve & Morning

YAY the final Christmas blog.

Don't get me wrong I love Christmas but I also love when it's over.  I like to get back to my normal eating habits, no more junk and also the clutter of Christmas once it's over drives me insane...I don't mind everything in the lead up but afterwards I almost can't stand to look at it.

So anyway this was our Christmas Eve and Christmas morning

Christmas Eve both in their Christmas jammies and both looking and smiling at the camera.  Rat_boy was extremely tired and on his way to bed.

Photo taken by Rat_girl, her santa table.  Milo and Christmas goodies for Santa and some water and fruit and veg platter for the reindeer, all her idea and doing.

Santa has been!!  Mind you only a few presents are from him the rest were hiding in the back room from the Southern Counterparts

Christmas morning, the present opening frenzy begins!

 Thanks Nan! Such a big rat.

 My lame attempt to get her to eat her Christmas breakfast, Christmas tree egg, santa and bell shapped toast.  Didn't work!

 This is what she looked like all Christmas day.

 And the finale to Christmas my first ever home made pav.  Apparently I nailed it.  I wouldn't know I hate the stuff...blurgh but now that I've made 1 Concrete_man expects it more often.

 And finally a couple days later all packed away.  I love these boxes from Big W very cheap even before midnight sales.  I also got a big wrapping paper one that has lots of little nooks and crannies to stors cards, tags, ribbon, tape etc..it's massive!

 Labelled LOL love my label maker!

That's it Christmas is over now until next time.  I have so many idea and plan for next Christmas I probably need to start in January!

Oh 1 last one, my present from my sister in law

I'm getting clever in my old age

Last night I had a brilliant idea and can't believe it has taken me that long to think of it.

Concrete_man is not a breakfast eater mainly as he prefers to sleep an extra 5 minutes and, unlike me, does not feel like eating as soon as he wakes up.  With the physically demanding labour that he does he really should eat breakfast, and lets face it he's thin enough as it is he needs to eat.  Most mornings he would stop at the servo and grab a ham and cheese toasted snadwhich which now costs close to $7...$7 x 5 days x 52 weeks is a lot of money.  So I have been making him ham and cheese sandwhiches for him to take and toast at his shed before he heads to site.  The shed is stocked, sandwhich maker, espresso machine...seriously!

But I just realised, the bread I use is frozen and then I make his sandwhich either each night or morning.  Why don't I just buy a fresh loaf of bread make up a stack of ham and cheese sandwhiches and just freeze them.  That way he just has to pull one out to take each day.  And on the weekends it's a quick snack.  So that is what I'll do.

Now if only I can work out how to make and freeze his salad bowl that I make every day.....