'Tis the season....and all that
Easing on into Christmas this year. It is really great having young kids to share this time of year with. Blake now 2 and a bit, fully understands what its all about, and is a long way from losing the innocence of learning that the Jolly Fat man isnt real. Or is he?
We spent the weekend in Mid December doing all kinds of cool stuff. We picked up the Xmas tree that we had reserved about 3 weeks earlier, transported it home and set it in a bucket, then we all decorated the tree together, topped off with Blake sitting the angel on top. I remember so well from my own childhood, every year going out with Dad and getting a pine tree, and putting it up in the lounge, its such a great time and I vow to do this every year for my own kids.
Heidi's work had their kids Xmas day on the Sunday, and as soon as Santa arrived, Blake was standing their front and centre, pointing at the goody bag, arm outstretched, saying "Good boy, present!". Santa gave him a Woody doll, hadnt thought about it but its the first doll Blake has ever had, and he really took to it, playing intently with it for about an hour, and saying "Woody's AWESOME!". What a crack-up. Amy got a little musical worm thingee, she likes music so that ought to keep her amused for some time.
Work has been nice and steady this month, and a lot in the Auto Industry are winding down from the 19th, so Im having an easy last few days leading into Xmas, hopefully I can wrangle a day off on Xmas Eve and whistle over to Rotorua for a ride with Scotty before his new baby arrives, already 12 days overdue!
The only other news, is the Xmas pressie that Heidi and I got each other, a replacement family car, and I love it. I have been scoping for a Falcon S/W at the right price for about 6 weeks now, and came really close to a couple through Turners Auctions, but I finally nabbed one via trademe, committing the Page.1 sin of buying a 2nd hand car without seeing it or driving it, but I had a very good feeling after talking on the phone with the seller, and when it showed up I was far from disappointed. It has been very well looked after and was in better condition that I expected. I wasted no time, fitting lowering blocks in the rear, and replacement front springs. Really sets it off nicely with the XR6 alloys it came with. Then we had the windows tinted, it looks bloody great. Its so cool for me to finally have a car I like. While the Mazda served a purpose for us, Im not at all sorry to see the back of it, well I wont be just as soon as we sell it that is.
Really looking forward to a couple of weeks away from work now, and catching up with my bro Ben, who has just flown in from London for the holidays.
