Acerina Cruz: Belated Christmas Party @ home

During Christmas eve and Christmas day, we didn't go anywhere, just stay at home. On Christmas eve we do some deco at the house to prepare for the belated chrismas party on Sunday. Two unwelcome friends also decide to paid me visit during christmas eve, which are flu and cough bugs. :( What a day to start my long weekend.

We had a belated christmas party yesterday (sunday night), we not invite a lot guests, only those close friends and relatives. Menu for the party, no roast turkey, but all porky! Pork ribs, meat, pork sausages, chicken wings, pork satay, salad, mushroom soup, garlic bread, pasta.

I am preparing mushroom soup and garlic bread, those meat and ribs all done by bil's and my hub to grill and BBQ it, younger sil was preparing the pasta. Look easy and simple but still got a preparation to do. Bil marinate the meat one week before, hub start grill or bbq the meat in the afternoon at 2pm, since it was using charcoal, so it take sometime to grill.

Guest all come around 7pm, while i still like a headless chicken run up and down in and out and quickly had a quick shower then time to entertain my guests. Barb & Andy & Ashley, Elaine and Danny and Amber, and one of my old college friend Jackie and her friends are my guests.

Kids are having tons of fun, sil prepare some party packs for the kids and adults can eat in peace. I manage to sit down a while, eat and chit chat, and also in out kitchen to refill the garlic bread (fresh from oven). Not forget need to entertain my two boys also, after they playing a while, they will come and ask "when can we open the presents???"

We had a fun time catching up, talking, eating, laughing. Hub's cycling friend brought two home made cake, black forest and cheese cake. Me and my sil had an idea, since sil's siter birthday is on 1/1 and Elaine's birthday is on 31/12, so we said why not we use the two cakes and let them blow the candles, give them a surprise early celebration (of course we did ask the permission from the cake owner. hahahahhahahhahahhahah) We get all the kids sing "Happy Birthday" song to the two birthday ladies.

Last highlight for the night is christmas gifts exchange. Every year, christmas gifts exchange just within our family members, this year we had more fun, because we got more people to participate, those guests come to party, we inform them to bring a small gift if they want to join in the fun. All parents will bring the gifts for their kids also, we all put them under the christmas tree. We adults had the number draw first then only the kids had their. ahhahahahhahaha I tell you all the kids just can't wait to open their presents!! It's so noisy, funny and messy!! My hub and bil had loud voice, everyone opening their gifts and start laughing at what they get (this is the usual thing).

Party over about 10.30pm, we really had so much fun, including my two boys, holding their gifts. Daddy bought the boys Ben 10 scooters as christmas gift and also a full set helmet, arm and knee guard.

Thanks aunty Barb, aunty Elaine, Misha jie jie, aunty Krystal and Jackie jie jie for the lovely christmas pressies and not forgetting those from "ku cheh" and "sam sam"! (message from Fearles and Cruz)

p.s. i borrow some pictures from Elaine, because i was busy, didn't take much pictures and also the pictures i took some are blur and dark. :( the official photographer are busy grilling or bbq-ing the food.