December has always been an unusual month. A mixture of pain and joy through out the world. It touches the heart of old and young, rich or poor like no other month.
This year, I started the month planning for the party at the Centre. Since we didn't know how many are coming, it is like a wild goose chase. I planned to make it a family affair rather than adult affair, so I prepared lots of decorations, craft, games, presents for the children and a game for the adults which also involved a lot of presents.
It was nice to be invited to J's apartment beore I got swallowed up by the project. She prepared a special meal for us. We got to meet her bf, and we played chinese checker afterward. It was a relaxing night.
I was supposed to make a turkey for the party, which I did on Thursday. Unfortunately, I overcooked it because I was warned the oven was not working up to par. So I ran out on Friday to buy another one to have it cooked by Saturday. Whew.....it was good to plan ahead for this never seasoned cook. By the time
I have to load the things in the car according to their different purposes, I was wondering if I would be like a chicken without a head running different parts of the program.
The room was nicely decorated by the teenagers. We put out as many chairs and tables as we could find.
People started trickling in and then pouring in. There were not enough room on the two long serving serving tables to put the main courses which the guests brought. . Yum..., do I ever like to try each of them. The guest went over the predicted number by half. There were not enough forks and chairs. We had to wash the forks which the early guests used inorder to serve the later guests. Chairs? Well, we had to let them play musical chairs on their own. Fortunately, the children did not have too much attention span to sit and eat, they were on the go to the play area. We had lively Christmas music, kind of usual because it is of African background.
When the speaker came on, we tried to keep the children busy in the playarea. I made crafts with them. However, the speaker took longer than we planned and the younger children became restless and wanted to go in touch with their parents. There were battles and struggles between the door to the room. After the longest 15 minutes in my life, they were finally allowed to go. By then, I was kind of exhausted. So forget about the children's games. B and I was even thinking of cancelling adults' game and have a draw instead. But L insisted on the game. It was a joke for everyone, because they risked losing the gifts in their hands. We had a lot of laugh and fun. Then we handed the little ones their gifts. But for the teenagers, we had no gift for them. Will do better next year. Workers still have the place to clean up before we took some people home.I didn't eat, but it was worth it.
It took me almost a week to recover from the party while wrapping up the school for the last week. Then it was time to prepare the family gathering on Christmas night. It was nice not to have to prepare gifts for individuals. Instead, I wrap up a lot of practical items for prizes. I made different dips for veggi and shrimp, a roast lamb leg instead of turkey. J made nice soft ginger bread cookies and T made awesome cheese cake for desert. After dinner, we played chinese checker. Dad is the schemer. We also played a nice game called 'Imaginiff" until all the prizes were claimed.
The next morning, we had salmon on toasts and Cheddar and raspberry quesadillas. Before everyone packed up to go. We had scripture reading from Genesis 3:15; Micah:5:2; Isaiah 7:14, 9:6-7; 52:13-15; 53:8-12 and Roman 5:17-19 to remind ourselves how God fullfilled his promise to redeem mankind in the person of Jesus. It was a wonderful time for our family to be together.
It turned out I still have a week of holiday after Christmas. It was nice that the two of us could be quiet and relax to catch up with works on our desks, around the home in and the garage before we had D &M and their family for dinner after the New Year.
All in all, it was a good holiday.
This year, I started the month planning for the party at the Centre. Since we didn't know how many are coming, it is like a wild goose chase. I planned to make it a family affair rather than adult affair, so I prepared lots of decorations, craft, games, presents for the children and a game for the adults which also involved a lot of presents.
It was nice to be invited to J's apartment beore I got swallowed up by the project. She prepared a special meal for us. We got to meet her bf, and we played chinese checker afterward. It was a relaxing night.
I was supposed to make a turkey for the party, which I did on Thursday. Unfortunately, I overcooked it because I was warned the oven was not working up to par. So I ran out on Friday to buy another one to have it cooked by Saturday. Whew.....it was good to plan ahead for this never seasoned cook. By the time
I have to load the things in the car according to their different purposes, I was wondering if I would be like a chicken without a head running different parts of the program.
The room was nicely decorated by the teenagers. We put out as many chairs and tables as we could find.
People started trickling in and then pouring in. There were not enough room on the two long serving serving tables to put the main courses which the guests brought. . Yum..., do I ever like to try each of them. The guest went over the predicted number by half. There were not enough forks and chairs. We had to wash the forks which the early guests used inorder to serve the later guests. Chairs? Well, we had to let them play musical chairs on their own. Fortunately, the children did not have too much attention span to sit and eat, they were on the go to the play area. We had lively Christmas music, kind of usual because it is of African background.
When the speaker came on, we tried to keep the children busy in the playarea. I made crafts with them. However, the speaker took longer than we planned and the younger children became restless and wanted to go in touch with their parents. There were battles and struggles between the door to the room. After the longest 15 minutes in my life, they were finally allowed to go. By then, I was kind of exhausted. So forget about the children's games. B and I was even thinking of cancelling adults' game and have a draw instead. But L insisted on the game. It was a joke for everyone, because they risked losing the gifts in their hands. We had a lot of laugh and fun. Then we handed the little ones their gifts. But for the teenagers, we had no gift for them. Will do better next year. Workers still have the place to clean up before we took some people home.I didn't eat, but it was worth it.
It took me almost a week to recover from the party while wrapping up the school for the last week. Then it was time to prepare the family gathering on Christmas night. It was nice not to have to prepare gifts for individuals. Instead, I wrap up a lot of practical items for prizes. I made different dips for veggi and shrimp, a roast lamb leg instead of turkey. J made nice soft ginger bread cookies and T made awesome cheese cake for desert. After dinner, we played chinese checker. Dad is the schemer. We also played a nice game called 'Imaginiff" until all the prizes were claimed.
The next morning, we had salmon on toasts and Cheddar and raspberry quesadillas. Before everyone packed up to go. We had scripture reading from Genesis 3:15; Micah:5:2; Isaiah 7:14, 9:6-7; 52:13-15; 53:8-12 and Roman 5:17-19 to remind ourselves how God fullfilled his promise to redeem mankind in the person of Jesus. It was a wonderful time for our family to be together.
It turned out I still have a week of holiday after Christmas. It was nice that the two of us could be quiet and relax to catch up with works on our desks, around the home in and the garage before we had D &M and their family for dinner after the New Year.
All in all, it was a good holiday.
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