Saturday, December 27, 2008

A Sharples Christmas

Viva La Revoluçion

Enjoying my first chicken bone.

The second course in a 4 course, all day meal.  Heaven!

The full menu was -

Brunch Platter of
Mushroom & Thyme Dip
Capsicum & Pomegranate Dip
Olives
Little Stuffed Capsicum
Slow roasted mini romas willed with spinach pesto & bocconcini
Goat cheese wrapped in roasted caps & parma ham
Smoke salmon wrapped around herby cream cheese
Illawarra Sour Dough

Then a late lunch of Roast chook with all the trimmings (see pictures)

Late dinner of Spiced prawns wrapped in bacon with salad

and a dessert of chocolate custard tart with cream and a salad of 

Blueberries
Raspberries
Strawberries
Blackberries
Grapes and
Mango soaked in Vina Cotto

Took 10 hours to prepare and eat and it was wonderful!

Fooling around with one of Trilly's new toys.  She can fit inside it!


Sirius & Chi Chi in the ball pit.

Mugging it up for the new camera.

Constructing the contructable.

Sirius opening his first ever Christmas present ... he loved the box covered in paper, I'm sure he'll treasure it forever :-)

Christmas Joy!


1 comment:

Aunty Chris said...

What two adorable children you have Jim and Emma. Well done to you both. Looks like you had a feast there.