{"id":17346,"date":"2019-12-25T23:27:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T12:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=17346"},"modified":"2019-12-25T23:34:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T12:34:52","slug":"christmas-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/christmas-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ember’s second Christmas. Warm, relaxed and slightly hazy with NSW’s bush fire smoke. Life is simple and wonderful through the eyes of a toddler. Nothing more joyous than playing with new old op-shop toys whilst eating pancakes on the kitchen floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We gathered masses of raspberries from the garden, sticky hands matching sticky faces. This time of year even the berry patch is reveling in excess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Christmas BBQ at the Royal Children’s Hospital Playground with family. It was the perfect time to visit Ember’s second cousin, the wards overflowing with kind people and Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indulged with love and presents, belly full of good things, this happy toddler ran through glistening water drops. Adorable in her new bathers from Aunty and Uncle, curious and carefree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It has become a tradition, as the day winds down, for us to visit Farnham St Community Garden. The streets are quiet and the sun in washing the food forest in a golden glow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ember wanted to play and play and was not interested in a photo with her mama. We had to distract her with a little red apple off one of the trees. It would have been too sour for me, but she declared it “num”. It is gorgeous acting like a kid again, being silly, carefree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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