late holiday post
CHRISTMAS
(sigh) The holidays go by so fast suddenly you have to wait another 11 months for next Christmas. (sad face)
I wanted to post an earlier entry about Tuka's 1st Christmas but sadly a series of unfortunate events got me tied up right after the holidays so here I am posting a really really reallllyyy late Christmas entry. Hehehehe.. Sorry! :)
Christmas in my family is very low-key. We don't dress up, we don't do fine dining and we don't do church. We stay at home, eat food that are rich in carbs and sugar, drink alcohol, talk, play games, and open presents. And then after all the presents are opened and people are exhausted, full, sometimes drunk and most importantly happy, we go to sleep. The next day we eat food that are rich in carbs and sugar, talk, drink, play games and play with the presents that were opened the night before. Then we eat food that are rich in carbs and sugar some more. ^___________^
Anyhoo, Tuka's 1st Christmas turned out really well. We were able to put him to sleep around 7PM and he woke up around 11:30PM because of all the noise that we were making playing sack race. So it was very lucky really because we didn't have to wake him up anymore and since he saw everyone was up and laughing, he didn't cry even though he was disturbed in the middle of his sleep. We decided to let him stay awake until midnight and he did, without any fuss (very lucky!) and when midnight came he was still in a good mood that we were able to open all of his presents, and mine and Tatay's without any problems. Hoorah! :)
We didn't stay up long though, after all the excitement died down, Tuka took a bottle and went back to sleep right away. Also, Tuka didn't eat much during Noche Buena. He nibbled on plain pasta (no sauce) but other than that he was pretty content just being held and cuddled by everyone.
Christmas in my family is very low-key. We don't dress up, we don't do fine dining and we don't do church. We stay at home, eat food that are rich in carbs and sugar, drink alcohol, talk, play games, and open presents. And then after all the presents are opened and people are exhausted, full, sometimes drunk and most importantly happy, we go to sleep. The next day we eat food that are rich in carbs and sugar, talk, drink, play games and play with the presents that were opened the night before. Then we eat food that are rich in carbs and sugar some more. ^___________^
Anyhoo, Tuka's 1st Christmas turned out really well. We were able to put him to sleep around 7PM and he woke up around 11:30PM because of all the noise that we were making playing sack race. So it was very lucky really because we didn't have to wake him up anymore and since he saw everyone was up and laughing, he didn't cry even though he was disturbed in the middle of his sleep. We decided to let him stay awake until midnight and he did, without any fuss (very lucky!) and when midnight came he was still in a good mood that we were able to open all of his presents, and mine and Tatay's without any problems. Hoorah! :)
We didn't stay up long though, after all the excitement died down, Tuka took a bottle and went back to sleep right away. Also, Tuka didn't eat much during Noche Buena. He nibbled on plain pasta (no sauce) but other than that he was pretty content just being held and cuddled by everyone.
We did the opening of presents and Noche Buena in our house. We were joined by my 2 Aunts, 2 Uncles, my cousins, and some close family friends.
Sadly, there were no decent pictures taken during Christmas. There were videos but I'm not allowed to post them since some of my family members are err.. very very private. Hahahaha! (wink wink) ^_^
Sadly, there were no decent pictures taken during Christmas. There were videos but I'm not allowed to post them since some of my family members are err.. very very private. Hahahaha! (wink wink) ^_^
For food, every family chipped in a little. Lunch included grilled catfish, beef nilaga, chicken pinaupo and lumpia. Dinner consisted of leftovers + lechon. For noche buena, we had spaghetti, fruit salad, chicken salad, and chocolate cake. The next day we ate the ham. And that's it.
We did parlor games just like last year and this year I was able to participate. So did H (not working. yay!). Sadly that also meant Nanay Jo had to take the pictures and that resulted for this entry to be picture-less. Hahaha! :D
All in all, Christmas was great. I hope you guys had a great Christmas as well.
P.S.
Next entry will be about Tuka's Christmas presents. This time, I took pictures. Hehehe.. :)
We did parlor games just like last year and this year I was able to participate. So did H (not working. yay!). Sadly that also meant Nanay Jo had to take the pictures and that resulted for this entry to be picture-less. Hahaha! :D
All in all, Christmas was great. I hope you guys had a great Christmas as well.
P.S.
Next entry will be about Tuka's Christmas presents. This time, I took pictures. Hehehe.. :)
