Christmas Cheer 3

Later on Christmas day (after initial sample of Christmas bread for afternoon tea) we headed ‘round To Roland & Jany’s for dinner.

We were there with 20 people (5 Sparks, A+E, 6 van Esch, Jany’s parents + sister + her 2 kids & friend + Tante Bab).

Back home about 10:30 pm. Steve threw up in his bed at about 12:30 am (food poisoning we think – though he was fine after that & next day). Took us about 45 min to clean it all up. That pretty well summed up the whole evening for me.

Boxing Day

Steven up earlyish and he had a decent breakfast so had no after effects. Nice sunny day outside. Chris and I went out for a walk in the afternoon to post an Xmas card for one of his friends who lives close by. The snow on Christmas morning turned to rain later in the day – so most of the snow has disappeared.

A & E came around for Boxing Day dinner. Torkey (orange zest, thyme & butter mix shoved under the skin and the two oranges halved & stuck in the bird. Some kumara & beans & gratinated potatoes to go with it (plus a Mount Riley Sauv Blanc & later a Jacobs Creek Cab Shiraz) Much more relaxing & the food was decent (and no-one got sick…). Watched the Willy Wonka film (the new one) on TV afterwards.

Sunday (Today)

More rain outside – generally blad weather. The kids were gaming upstairs. Bri & I finished painting the door frames upstairs in the afternoon. I played a bit of Risk with the boys.

Torkey pie (thanks to Aunty Mick and the Edmonds cook for that!) and home made Tiramisu. Just as good as the meal last night!!!

Just FYI – I keep calling it “torkey” in ref to the Swedish Chef on Sesame Street (oor de torkey!)