Father Christmas visited around 6am ish, I think . Daniel sounded like he woke up first,(another uncomfortable night for him) and i think i heard a chocolate orange drop off his bed! Lovely to hear the whispering and excitement of Christmas morning especially when.. "He's been!!!!". Big footsteps into our room followed by Daniel dragging a leg along! Meanwhile, down below us, Vicky had transformed the G-J place into a Pullin Grotto. Thanks for yelling Merry Christmas around 3am.After opening pressies and eating a bit of breakfast the most important part of the day started to be prepared. THE TURKEY!!
I went down and supervised an extremely excited Vixster, jess got set peeling potatoes and her fingers....and a general christmas buzz went around the whole apartments. Nearly forgot to say, even Bruno visited to wish us all a Happy Christmas!! Good heavens...who is the CPO? good job he didn't go next door! LoL. Karen and Nick set a fabulous Orienteering exercise around the area. Brilliant apart from the torrential rain lashing down which also unfortunately washed all the snow away too.
Daniel was in charge of timing and the clues which became soggier as the time passed. (laminate needed for next year). The cryptic clues sent the teams all over the grounds, In the forest, down the lane and back and then down again!!! The three formidable girls did a sterling job followed by the Boys and the adults just needed to work as a team! LoL. Everyone was drenched but it was fun. It was after the orienteering that we learnt that the 2009 BARSC had been cancelled.
The waft of cooking smells from both floors was a delight. All looking forward to peaceful sit down feasts within our own walls. My last minute napkin creations were masterpieces from Robyn. How could she have transformed 4 Kitchen roll sections so beautifully?. We had just pulled our crackers and were just about to take the first mouthful of christmas dinner when we heard shreaks of ...HELP... coming from outside. A scramble to the balcony saw Vixster striding forcefully towards Chantelle with an enormous branch looking like a Zulu warrier? What on earth could have gone wrong now... We also noted 3 horses sniffing around our cars.... This can't be right... oh NO. WHO LET THE DOGS.. I MEAN HORSES OUT!! OO OO oo oo!! The immediate guffaw of laughter soon turned, we attempted to continue to eat but realised we had an emergency on our hands so we donned the Alpine raincoats and went to help lasso the escaped horses.. What a nightMARE!!!. Chantelle took a spectacular slide on her knees right into manure..UGH.. white sallopettes not a good idea for rodeo. After about 50 minutes of what seemed like a 'Big Brother House' task... I thought we ought to phone the owner. He seemed to take a long time arriving but eventually did with a bucket of feed and that seemed to do the trick and all the escapees were enticed back into the field. PHEW!! We were all invited for a kleine schnaps as a sign of gratitude!!! Some loving that experience more than others. ha ha! The kids were given a soft drink in the barn next to the secret family.... Errr... that's another story! Never thought Christmas day would finish up with running around in the rain twice!! Hope the owner bought our story that... 'We just looked out and noticed the horses were out of the field!!!... BTW... Did anyone find the clue that was on the otherside of the field gate?
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