After we were cooled down a bit and relaxed, we unpacked and wrapped gifts and started on our Christmas Eve traditions....opening stocking, a new movie and firecrackers. I am never more reminded that I have a household full of boys as on Christmas Eve in Paraguay. My boys LOVE firecrackers. The younger boys’motto is “the louder the better”. The older boys (including their father) measure success by how much of the fruit exploded. Even though the explosions rattle my bones, I love the look on my kids’ faces as they waiting in anticipation....pure excitement......pure joy.
We were invited to our
friend’s house for a grilled lechon (baby pig) dinner (Paraguayans celebrate on
the 24th). We arrived at 9:00
and were served dinner at 11:00. Jeff lit more firecrackers there.
We arrived home just
before midnight and....Jeff lit even more firecrackers.
On the 25th we
had a relaxed waffle breakfast, a family reading of the Christmas story, and
then a time of opening gifts. I just
love giving good gifts to my kids!
For
lunch we avoid trying to recreate a traditional North American Christmas lunch
(too difficult here) and instead do something that we normally wouldn’t. This year we decided on Chinese food which I
have never made before. Since my hand is
still very sore, Ginny was a huge help in preparing the majority of the dishes
and it turned out fabulous.
We
played lots of games, put together LEGO kits, spent hours in the kiddie pool - Christmas
day was incredibly hot – we sipped tons of terere, and cherished the time
together as family.
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