For New Years Eve we were back at the home of our friends the Coremans. They hosted a spanish night. Jess and I did a paella cooking class last July and it took us 6 months but we finally got to put our skills to the test. I made sangria and a Valencian orange cake and brought some Spanish wines. We decided to stay the night there so we could have a few sangrias and also not be on the roads with all the crazy people. It was a great evening. We were joined by another couple with a daughter the same age as Augie and Jasper. They ended up leaving a bit early as they have a newborn son and he wasn't quite feeling up to the party! Still, I give them credit for even getting out of the house. I think I would've been home in my jammies.
I didn't take too many photos on the night but here are the few I managed to get.
Mick in their brewery (Dave is an award-winning home-brew pro).
It was a sleepover for the whole family.
The stupidly-hot weather from Christmas was still hanging around on New Year's Eve hence Jasper (and Augie) running around in a diaper/nappy.
That's fake toast on Augie's plate. Jasper got a play toaster for Christmas. It was enormously popular on the day. It's popularity didn't die down inthe week between Christmas and New Year's. In this photo, these two were waiting for their dinner (they had homemade kiddie-pizzas) and making each other 'toast' as appetisers.
A rose between two thorns. Isabelle joined the boys for dinner.
Jess and I with our paella.
My Valencian orange cake - with an aperitif of Dave's homemade limoncello in the background. Yummy.
While we were making brekky on New Year's morning, we put some In the Night Garden on for the boys. Augie is normally the one climbing all over Jasper so this is just a tiny bit of payback.
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