Thursday, 24 December 2009, 09:41 PM

Wow, what a fantastic day. It's Christmas Eve and it's the Rakkar family tradition to open family presents on Christmas Eve. So I was very very excited about the prospects of opening presents. All day I asked if I could open a present early but alas no.

Mummy made Wiener Schnitzel for dinner (also a family tradition - Uncle Paul made Schnitzel at their house in London, and Grandpa Shiv made Schnitzel at his house in Melbourne too). It was tasty but I only had a little bit - I guess I was just too excited.

After dinner, we got to open presents! We called Grandpa Shiv on the computer via Skype and he was able to see me open my presents via our webcam. I was super excited to see that I got a Nintendo DS Lite from him. That was exactly what I wanted and I was so so pleased. Daddy got a digital camera from Grandpa (to replace the point-and-shoot camera he lost) and Mummy got a wonderful piece of Art Glass, a shared present from Grandpa, Uncle Paul, Aunty Karin, Daddy, and me.

When then connected with Grandma Dorothy and Grandad Keith via Skype, and we got to open presents from them too. I got a great set of oil pastels from them plus some art books - I'm an artist, you know - plus a pink head band. Grandma and Grandad got Mummy & Daddy a very nice gift basket - with chocolates and cheese and crackers and lots of other tasty treats. Grandad also had his webcam going so we got to see them open presents too. It was really great to see and talk to them and to Grandpa Shiv.

After that, we opened a few more family presents - ones from Germany and from London, plus a few more presents from my Mummy & Daddy. I was feeling really lucky and really thankful for all my presents. I gave lots of hugs!

I played with my new DS for a little while, but then it was bed time. I didn't argue as I was really very tired! Hopefully Santa will arrive while I'm asleep - I'm excited about that too!