A "P" Evening!!!

When the girls and I drew up a list at the beginning of the holidays, we decided to have plan a special dinner where everything had to start with a certain letter. It was decided by one daughter, that 'P' would be the most suitable, as it is the initial of our surname. So 'P' it was.

It wasn't until I told my mother about it, that I realised how bad it sounded!! Oh well, it has been a good laugh talking about our 'P' evening.

Well, we had quite a feast to celebrate the end of the holidays. For dinner we had PIES, gluten free bacon and egg PIE for me, PEAS, POTATOES, PLUM sauce and mini PALONIES for the little girls.

And for PUDDING there were PANCAKES...

PINK PUDDINGS with PINK marshmallows...

homemade PAVLOVA with fruit salad containing PEARS, PEACHES and PINEAPPLE with PASSIONFRUIT sauce drizzled over it...

PEPPERMINT creme biscuits...

and PLENTY left over to be eaten for supper too!

And of course no PARTY would be complete without PRESENTS!!!! I wrote each of our names on to pieces of paper and we each took turns picking one out. I ended up with Daughter No. 2.

We took a trip out to the bargain shop and took turns going in and choosing something with the recipient in mind. Quite difficult really!

Anyway, here is what got opened...

Daughter No. 1 received a paua dolphin ring from No. 2.

No. 2 received pink cheerleader pop poms from me.

No. 3 received fancy bike spoke reflectors from Daddy.

No. 4 got Happy Birthday stickers from No. 3.

Daddy got a BEST FATHER key ring from No. 1.

Mummy was gifted a set of screwdrivers from No.4 (Daddy's idea as I think he is sick of me borrowing his and not returning them!!)

So all in all a fabulous evening. Nice full tummies and something special to remember it by. We might have to do this at the end of each holiday time. I love funny little traditions, we have quite a few now and they do love them. I probably love them the most though!

Now I have just received three messages on my posts from the lovely 'Lace Hearts'. Thank you so much!

I'm having a little bit of a difficult time over the sewing machine thing. Got myself into a right tizzy over it after reading some 'not so good' reviews about Brother machines. A real bummer really as I was so excited about it!! I also checked out the local Bernina stockist, and golly aren't they ugly those machines??? I do see that they are an extremely good brand and everyone seems to rave about them. They are more expensive too which is never good. To get one slightly better than what I showed you, would be another $900, and that's on special!

I think I'll just stay put at the moment and reconsider what I really need. Oh the joys of decision making!