Christmas time at Papa Doc and Nanny's in Townsville was always going to be an exciting event. Stella would be able to party with her 2 big cousins - summer time in the pool! Everyone was up early and the girls were very keen to open some presents. We spent some time in the pool and had a big watert fight with the girls new water pistols. Late lunch was amazing and then a well deserved siesta in the afternoon. Love eating Christmas baked ham for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Stella and Daddy set off for an early trip to check out Daintree National Park. It was a rainy morning driving through Mossman but we were in good spirits and Stella was singing "Santa Claus is coming, TO TOWN". We made it across the Daintree River on the Ferry and stopped in at a few attractions. We had a swim at the Mason Cafe swimming hole and fed the fish and turtles. We walked along the boardwalk through the mangroves and finished up at Cape Tribulation beach for a play and a walk to the lookout.On the way home we stopped into the Ellis Beach Bar and Grill for lunch. Stella had her first Bubble O' Bill. Daddy explained the nose was bubble gum and needed to be chewed, no swallowing the gum. Stella replied "I like Bubble bum" and after a few minutes of chewing swallowed the lot!
Good times. I think we should go back for a few days in the New Year. Thanks Auntie Bebe for getting us free tickets on the Cairns Central Movie night and Santa Train!. Stella, Fletcher and Zane all met the train at Freshwater station and were very excited to meet Santa and catch the train. Stella went straight up to Santa and said hello and Fletcher gave him a high five! Several high fives later and we boarded the train where the kids took turns talking to Santa and asking him questions. Fletcher's first question was "Santa, where's your home?"
Santa asked what the kids would like for Christmas and Stella replied "lollies" and Fletcher said "a jumping castle and a slippery slide for Cooper." It was a fun ride into Centrals and Stella and Fletch eagerly followed Santa into the cinema for photos. Stella went straight for front and centre on Santa's lap but Fletch was happy to hang back. The kids collected their event bags with colouring-ins, pencils and stickers and we took our seats in the cinema. Centrals put on some food and the kids ate sangas, fruit skewers and shared a cup of jelly! We also got a box of popcorn as Stella was very adamant we needed this! The movie was "The Good Dinosaur" and the kids were pretty enthralled for the first hour. A few scary scenes had them sitting on Zane's lap but overall they loved it. But after about 80 mins Stella was wondering around the cinema looking for lollies and Fletcher was keen to go home. Overall we had a great time catching the "Dinosaur train", hanging with Santa and the kids were very well behaved. Merry Christmas everybody!! |
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