Christmas

As usual, Christmas was at my parents' place, with Micky's family too. Gifts with morning tea (or rather champagne), fruit cake, mince tarts, nuts and ginger. Louka scored stacks of books, and quite a few clothes. Pasta with pesto al fresco for lunch. Dinner with a huge spread: turkey, ham, ocean trout, duck, paté, salads, followed by flaming pudding, cream and icecream, then coffee and chocolates. Louka dragged me off to bed for a nap at about 3pm, though she didn't sleep all that well.


Boxing day dawned sunny and bright and we went back for breakfast of mangoes, cherries, croissants, home-made fruit toast and coffee. Yum. Louka wore the pretty "flower-fairy" top she'd received from Micky and family. She looked extremely pretty.