San Sylvester Dinner

For this night's dinner we made something special, Sanpei baked some nut bread, he made it all by himself, flour, nuts, water, yeast and ... 1 hour time, the result was a fantastic bread, puffy, flavourous one ^_^

I cooked mushroom rice, cotechino rolled in bread decorated with stars and fruits accompanied by fennel, and for appetizers we cooked some salatini and small pizzas.

Waiting for midnight we watched Dysney cartoons on tv with Momichan and at midnight we drank champagne and went in the gaqrden for fireworks (we had bought some little ones), Momichan was enchanted and not even a little frightened. As soon as we finished to light our fireworks and see the other ones everywhere around, we got inside house to eat panettone and we lighted scintillini ... Momichan loved them, you can see in the photo here under, she continuously said "one more, one more !"

At one o c'lock we were all tired so we finally went up the stairs to our little house and granny went to her bedroom.
Goodnight everybody and a happy new year ^________^

31st San Sylvester Night

This night is the last of the year so we go to the supermarket to buy the last few things we need for dinner. Momichan has not slept because we want her awake to see the fireworks this night.
We will have cotechino with lentils and veggies, panettone and daddy will make special bread with nuts ^^

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY ^______^

25th december: Merry X'Mas !!!

This year X'mas is a little different.
For midday's lunch granny will be at my sister's house while we will have lunch in our new little "house" thanks to the new kitchen, in the evening we will go all togather to aunties' house with all the relatives.

In our home, X'Mas day starts with a special breakfast and the  opening of the presents and Momochan is excited for all the presents, the atmosphere and the X'Mas decorations. We have panettone, the tipical italian X'Mas dessert, french orange juice, coffee and milk.
After that granny prepares to go out, sister is coming to pick her up while we start to cook lunch and Momochan plays with her new toys and her fantastic new little kitchen, in the first foto you can see the X'Mas midday lunch: roasted meat with a X'Mas cover and onions.

Is very funny to have X'Mas lunch in the new little house, we have kitchen and livingroom togather and space is very little, table is not very elegant but is "happy", we have our special lunch and after Momochan goes to bed to have her usual nap, she is so tired and emotioned she does not even complain. While Momochan sleeps I prepare the presents for aunt this evening and a special panettone decorated and filled with chocolate (foto below)

We arrive at auntie's house at 21.00 o'clock, and we immediately sit at the t able were all the relatives are waiting drinking some mojito.
Space is not much as we are 14 people but there is space enough for the Xmas tree that after dinner magically appears with many little presents, a couple of which are for Momochan.
She seems confused as we have told her Santa Claus visits kids home during 24th night so she doesn't understand how Santa Claus has come a few minutes before to take other presents, anyway she is happy to receive Dido Paste and little cutters Is already late, nearly midnight we leave to go home, Momochan already sleeps inside the car and continues in her bed with her fresh pijama and nappy.

MERRY X'MAS MOMOCHAN !!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !!!

Happy Christmas !!!! ^_^

And so this is Christmas,

and what have you done,

another year's over,

new one's just begun.

So this is christmas

I hope you have fun,

the near and the dear ones,

the old and the young,

a very merry Christmas,

and a happy New Year,

let's hope it's a good one,

without any fear.

So this is Christmas

for weak and for strong,

the rich and the poor ones,

the road is so long,

so happy Christmas

for black and for white,

for yellow and red ones,

let's stop allo the fight.

A merry merry Christmas,

and a happy New Year,

let's hope is a good one,

without any fear,

a merry merry Christmas,

and a happy New Year,

let's hope is a good one,

without any fear

.......

24th X'Mas dinner

The evening before Xmas in Italy we have a special dinner usually based on fish. Sampei made a strange sushi using zucchini and mushrooms with besciamella for appetizers, mum had oysters and we cooked two branzini in the oven, a big salad made by nuts, spinach, apples, bacon and a special fruit that cut looks like a star, for Momichan a big omelette decorated by a cheese star, I tried to made her taste the variuos foods on the tables (not the shells) but she refused everything so I gave her the egg and she eated a little bit.

After the meal mum went to church for the midnight X'Mas function, Momichan played and watched tv with daddy and I disappeared to assemble her present.

At midnight I pretended Babbo Natale (Santa Claus) was arriving, so I took Momochan upstairs to have shower, fresh pijama and nappy.

While I was preparing her milk bottle I also poured some milk into a glass and added two cookies I said to Momi, they were for Babbo Natale (Santa Claus), and after I immediately took her to bed, I told her Babbo Natale would not leave her presents if he found her awake, gave her the milk bottle and told her to call me when she had finished and so she did, ... she whispered a "mamma" so slow I hardly could hear ^_______^

I took the bottle and told Babbo Natale was outside, so please keep silent, gave her a kiss and went downstairs. Sampei and I went outside in the garden with some little tinkles, he said "HO HO HO" and I said with a Babbo Natale tone "Rudolph, please stop here, there is a little baby whom we have to leave some presents" I tried to keep serious but we were too funny and we burst into laughs, hope nobody heard us HIHIHI

I went upstairs again holding the big present for Momi I had assembled before and made the bells tinkle a little but Momichan was already asleep :-P

I drank the milk and eat the cookies and displayed the other little presents under the Xmas tree, we will se tomorrow morning how Momichan will behave seeing her big present ^^

HAPPY X'MAS EVERYBODY !!!

Kindergarden Xmas Party

Today is the last day of kindergarden before Xmas holiday, babies will come back to kindergarden the 10th january. For the occasion, teachers have organized something with the kids and after ther will be a party for everyone with panettone and treats, also there will be Babbo Natale who will give presents to the kids ^^

Momichan will sleep there and I will not see her untill 15.30 (normalli I go to take her home at 12.45 and as soon as we arrive home I give her milk and put her to bed).

I prepared some cookies for the teachers and took at kindergarden.

When we arrived kids started to sing, they were dressed like little angels and some like Momichan weared some funny hat which made them look like elves ^_^ Momi was so sweet !!!
After the Xmas song all kids danced waiting for Babbo Natale, he came with a big sack and gave each one a little present, a marionette fron Ikea, and another sack with toys for the kindergarden to make children play in january (an ikea train, some cooking items and other toys I did not remember).
After this party started. Teachers said Momichan has been so good, she has eaten everything at lunch and has slept quietly with the other kids even without her usual milk bottle ^^
よくできした、桃ちゃん！とてもじょうずです！
Funny was that Momichan seemed to feel puzzled, do not know if for the appearing of Babbo Natale, or the fact that he called every kid and gave personally each one a present or the fact she had to sing in front of all the parents anyway as soon as she saw us she was happy and sytarted to jump and smile ^^

Our New Kitchen (nearly finished)

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!

This is how our new kitchen looks like right now ^_^

After a hard hard work (ouch .... my back is still hacking) we have taken here from the old house all the things we need to complete the new kitchen to be added to the new furniture we bought.

We have now the washmashine, the oven (already working), the microwave (already working) and the gas top not yet connected. Sink and washmashine are not yet connected, I have to wait until monday and after that I will have possibiolity to wash dishes and take from old house all the glasses, tools, plates, pots and pans we need here ^_^

Anyway dispite kitchen working 70% we already cooked a cake .... YUM YUM choko cake, and had already a nice mug of coffee for breakfast ^^

Momichan likes the room how it looks like now and seems very excited, I promised her that as soon as we will have also sink working and gas we will start to prepare Xmas cookies, I have to take here all my bento x'mas cutters and we have also to organize the Xmas dinner here for the three of us, guess it will be fantastic ^^