18:00 6 hours before Christmas:

So we have just finished unpacking… well not really

And it is 6 hours before Christmas here in Australia. The wife is just packing gifts for the family.

And the tree is still in the box.

And I’ll start cooking right after I go to Nick and start up his car because he got stranded somewhere.

I will fill up this post as we go along on our marathon to Noche Buena. This Christmas is kinda weird.

18:53 5 hours and 3 minutes more:

Just picked up Nick and look what he brought along

20:43 3 more hours and 12 minutes?

We just finished making the tree while our 14 month old baby has just discovered she can actually shout. So go figure.

So I head on to cooking. This is Crispy Pata in it’s first stages. I don’t know if I can pull this off later. I might blast-freeze this before deep frying later.

And of course, Christmas ham. I now dub thee Express Hamonado. This well packed pickled-pork  is a gift from the pork supplier of Tasty Bites.

I think I need to take a bath.

22:34 1 hour and 26 min

Ice cream pudding courtesy of the wife

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chip, Pistachios, Raspberries and Cherries

The rest of the cherries go in here. She ate nearly a kilo. She only weighs 7 kilos.

I am being ambitious thinking that we can pull off at least 5 dishes? We are pretty tired with all the moving but hey Christmas only happens once a year. I just heard the wife said Lilly threw up blood. Hmmmm… I am pretty sure those are cherries.

00:00 Christmas!

This was supposed to be posted 2 hours ago but my hungry orphans would not allow me, so here

That’s the Ham finally.

Crispy Pata. I had those cut by the butcher so it would be easier to deal with on the wok.

We’re suckers for seafood. Oysters in the middle of the night sounds like oysters in the middle of the night.

And finally, our White Christmas pasta.

I would love to talk more but it’s Christmas in the house so this will be continued tomorrow. Thank you God for the move and for Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!