We had a really lovely day at home. We all slept in until 7 (amazing) and then came downstairs together for the kids to find their stockings full of lovely things. My dad arrived before the kids were up which meant he got to see them open their presents and have breakfast with us.
Here is my favourite pic of my 2 big boys with Oscar's new bike:
We took our tree down yesterday but still have presents in boxes and a fridge full of leftovers. Speaking of which we had way too much food. My 'simple' menu could have fed 20 people as it turned out, instead of just the 4 adults and 2 kids that we actually had. Oops.
Here's what I loved about our Christmas meal:
- mango smoothies for breakfast (a real hit with the kids and filled them up for the morning)
- prawn and avocado salad (loads of fresh king prawns, diced avocado, crisp iceberg lettuce and a homemade seafood sauce. Just delicious)
- roast turkey on the BBQ (a fresh turkey with a herb butter under the skin and wrapped in bacon. Cooked and then rested for 2 whole hours it was the moistest, most flavourful turkey we have ever done. Just make sure you have enough gas. We ran out half way through and hubby had to dash to the service station to buy a new bottle!)
- frozen christmas pudding for dessert (cool and refreshing but still with all the flavours of Christmas)
I didn't really get any good photos of our food so I won't post any of the recipes. Some of them will definitely be made again next year so I will be sure to post then.
Also speaking of food, there were hot cross buns in Woolies this morning! Craziness!
So that's Christmas 2012. Full of family, food and lots of fun. Just as it should be :)
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