We woke up to find that Santa had delivered some wonderful presents to our holiday home in Rotorua. Jennifer was lucky to get 2 Ariel dolls, one that can go in the bath and one that has a beautiful princess dress and James got a James engine Duplo set and Thomas the Tank Engine hooded towel. We worked out that New Zealand is the first country that Santa visits!  The children also got a great kite, New Zealand stationery kit, pyjamas, torches, a new outfit, New Zealand Christmas book, tickets to a sheep show and farm tour, stickers and soap. Jennifer was also excited to get a ballerina outfit for Emily Bear and tickets to see the English Ballet perform Angelina Ballerina’s Star Performance.  James also loves his Thomas train presents.

James gave Jennifer a cute ballerina pen and Jennifer gave him a Bob the Builder story book which he was impressed with and knew his mate Bob and Roley were in it.  James had lots of fun driving his Tonka torch and flashing the light in the bedrooms. 

We visited Lake Rotorua, the biggest lake in the region and played in the fabulous Volcanic Playground. Daddy taught Jennifer and James how to fly our new kites and we had such tremendous fun. It was a glorious day with blue sky, pretty swans on the lake and lush green grass to run on. We had an early bbq lunch, some more play and came home to phone all our family and friends to wish them a Happy Christmas.

We decided to have a traditional Christmas dinner with roast turkey, ham, gravy, roast vegetables and plum pudding with custard and vanilla ice cream for dessert. Very yummy!!

We finished Christmas day enjoying a swim in the Blue Lake. We played with the ball that James got for Christmas and splashed about, most splashing of course occuring from James!  It was a great way to end a wonderful Christmas day.