Christmas Eve
My Christmas Eve was alright. I woke up early to make
Bonuelos...*drool*... I love those things. They are so good. Ok so me
and my grandma were rolling up the dough while my sister fried them.
After they were all done, with the syrup made and everything (we didn't
put them on top of them at that moment of course because they would
have gotten all soggy), I went to take a shower to go to the party.
It's like a tradition in my family, actually it's the only tradition we
have besides New Year's Eve. We always get a big pig and roast him in a
china box in someone's backyard on Christmas Eve. We have a big party
with it. For like 5 years in a row it was done at my house, but this
year we did at my Uncle Panchi's house, which I just found out the real
name of. I always thought it was Pablo or something, but it's Juan. I
see him all the time. He is my godfather and all, but I have always
called by his nickname. Almost every guy in my family has a nickname
with a P in it. Panchi, Papucho, Papi, Pillo (double l, y sound, like
in Spanish), Pepito, Pedrito, and none of them have a P in their real
name, except Pedrito, but that's pretty obvious.
Anyways we got there and brought the bonuelos that we made for the party. It was nice outside. There weren't any bugs - at first. After a while of being there the bugs started getting to us. They were everywhere! I think the citronella candles just urged them on. I got bit like crazy that day. I still have the bites. Anyways it was Panchi's wife's birthday that day too. They bought her a cake for it. I didn't get to eat the cake, but I'm sure that it was good. We had dinner like 2 hours after we got there. Panchi had benn cooking the pork since 4 o'clock in the morning that day. I know it's a little radical, but he loves doing that. It's the only time of year that I eat pork. I don't like it very much (so sorry Pilar). They like salt it and everything to make the skin all crunchy to eat it. I hate eating the skin. I hate eating the fat too. It's just nasty. Destiny(6) and Desiree(3) are my two... I guess you could call them cousins if you want to. Well Destiny got an electronic piano for Christmas and Desiree got a doll. The piano also had a microphone, which is exactly what we bought her for Christmas, but ours was better. *Lol* Desiree was always trying to steal the piano from Destiny. Destiny would sing all she would like, but Desiree was would not. She was too shy. She wasn't shy enough to keep on trying to take that piano from Destiny. My grandmother calls her 'una fiera'. She is a little fire. I sat with my aunt and uncle to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" after I played with the girls for a bit. Apparently it's a Christmas classic and that alot of people have watched. I haven't though. So I was trying to watch it, but I left too early to finish it. It looks like it would be a good movie, but it was sooo long. I would have fallen asleep. We left and I went straight to bed when I got home.
Anyways we got there and brought the bonuelos that we made for the party. It was nice outside. There weren't any bugs - at first. After a while of being there the bugs started getting to us. They were everywhere! I think the citronella candles just urged them on. I got bit like crazy that day. I still have the bites. Anyways it was Panchi's wife's birthday that day too. They bought her a cake for it. I didn't get to eat the cake, but I'm sure that it was good. We had dinner like 2 hours after we got there. Panchi had benn cooking the pork since 4 o'clock in the morning that day. I know it's a little radical, but he loves doing that. It's the only time of year that I eat pork. I don't like it very much (so sorry Pilar). They like salt it and everything to make the skin all crunchy to eat it. I hate eating the skin. I hate eating the fat too. It's just nasty. Destiny(6) and Desiree(3) are my two... I guess you could call them cousins if you want to. Well Destiny got an electronic piano for Christmas and Desiree got a doll. The piano also had a microphone, which is exactly what we bought her for Christmas, but ours was better. *Lol* Desiree was always trying to steal the piano from Destiny. Destiny would sing all she would like, but Desiree was would not. She was too shy. She wasn't shy enough to keep on trying to take that piano from Destiny. My grandmother calls her 'una fiera'. She is a little fire. I sat with my aunt and uncle to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" after I played with the girls for a bit. Apparently it's a Christmas classic and that alot of people have watched. I haven't though. So I was trying to watch it, but I left too early to finish it. It looks like it would be a good movie, but it was sooo long. I would have fallen asleep. We left and I went straight to bed when I got home.