Kalee arrived in Bowral on the 24th and joined me at Ben's house for Christmas Eve dinner. Well, I suppose we were a bit late so we missed dinner but made it just in time to try pavlova for the first time. It's a traditional Christmas desert. The base is made with egg whites and sugar and just melts when it hits your tongue. It's topped with cream and berries. Oh man, it's the BEST!!! I really should learn how to make it although, that could be pretty dangerous. Needless to say, my no sugar diet has gone to hell in a handbag over this holiday season. I'll get back on track though.
On Christmas morning, Kalee and I woke up to James screaming, "Em! Santa! PRESENTS!" It was the sweetest thing to hear. I had the biggest smile on my face and I knew I would be just fine. We got dressed (yes, it was my first time actually getting dressed on Christmas morning. No pajamas.) and headed downstairs to find that Santa had indeed paid us a visit. James opened the first gift and was thrilled to see he got a new Buzz Lightyear doll. He absolutely loved his old one but unfortunately, Buzz's arms and legs have fallen off and he had become a floating head. The look on his face when he saw his new toy was priceless. Josh opened his gift--a bouncing, talking baby doll that he fell in love with weeks prior at Big W (equivalent to Kmart). After the initial excitement wore off, he bursted into tears. At this point, it was about 8:30am and we had the nerve to not have had a proper breakfast at 8am so he was not happy. Present time had to go on hold so we could feed our little eating machine.
Later that day, Jo and Dave's siblings, parents and other family and friends arrived for a big Christmas lunch. We sat down for a big, delicious meal and spent the rest of the day eating and drinking.
Dave set up the slip 'n slide the boys received for Christmas from their grandma (Michi). He felt it was not long enough so he pulled out tarp from the garage and set up a 30 ft super slip 'n slide in the backyard. It was by far the biggest one I've ever seen (that's what she said). The next thing I know, Dave and Grant were suited up in their speedos and sliding through the backyard together. It was a sight to see!
After a day of stuffing our faces, Kalee and I knew it was necessary to do some P90X. It probably only burned off the calories from a quarter of what we ate but I suppose it's better than nothing.
Kalee and I then spent the rest of the night at her boss' house who happens to live two blocks away from me. We were surrounded by 40 Italians who were eating tons of delicious food, drinking bottles of Moet like it was water and playing some crazy Italian card game that I swear, I'll never be able to learn.
It was an utterly unforgettable Christmas, to say the least.
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