Christmas and New Year’s Eve – a big week, but also one characterised by relaxing. We had some new dressing up clothes. Grandragon made costumes for both Huff and Puff. After reading a lot of “Where’s Wally”, Puff asked if he could have a “Woof” costume. When he opened the costume, he said “Oh! It’s my Woof costume!”. They then wore them all day, and some of the next day.
Aunty C made a lovely costume for Huff: she liked it enough to be coaxed out of the Woof costume, at least for a while, before returning to the Woof costume.
It seemed like a good time to get the “proper” camera out for a quick session – Huff was happy to be photographed.
Puff was a bit harder to photograph – it was an exciting day.
We also called in to our neighbour as part of our Christmas tradition – the kids were somehow able to choose fruit rather than all the other treats that were on offer.
Huff slept through Christmas lunch at Grandma and Doc’s house, so Dad spent some time down at the kids table with Puff.
Huff has now reached the age where she was really excited to open presents. Here she is with a new tea party set, unable to hide the delight. When you experience the day, you miss the smiles, but looking back on the photos, it’s clear that they were both having a great time.
Boxing day morning Dad helped Puff make his Meccano set. He was getting the hang of it throughout the process, needing less and less help.
Dad also took the kids out for babycinos (well, small hot chocolates, which Huff expertly drank with a spoon), to play Tantrix.
We also went for a walk – 5kms – together to get Slurpees. Huff yet again only wanted half of hers, so we’ve moved her on to other drinks when we go out as a family.
Huff was given a giraffe costume, which she insisted on wearing immediately. 
Later in the week we were back to church. We let Puff play with the tantrix tiles so he could stay quiet, but he still managed to listen to the sermon.
We also had a long overdue visit with Uncle M and Aunt ML, and we went for a walk to the park.
One Christmas present that was noteworthy was a sunflower for each of Puff and Huff. Their interest in watering it has already waned, but for the first couple of times, they were happy to look after them.
Monday we went into the city to go to the Australian Museum. We let the kids play in this fountain on the way, but it didn’t go completely smoothly and we had to get them out in a hurry.
Dad isn’t usually one for selfies, but this seemed a good way to capture how engaged the kids were with the trip to the museum. We only went to the normal dinosaur exhibition after Huff was a bit stressed when a fire engine drove past, so we opted to avoid the other, fancier exhibition.
We spend New Year’s Eve visiting some old friends, and some family, mostly playing this game that was a gift from Uncle A – Tsuro.
So that’s it for 2013. See you next year!