My brother Jonathan (left) and my cousin (right).
Since my brother was turning 18 and wanted to go out with his friends in the evening, we just had a little birthday tea in the afternoon to celebrate with the family before the birthday boys did their own thing.
Having taken a little trip to Waitrose the day before, Cecilia and I prepped most of the food.
Okay, so we didn't make the spring rolls or the pies, but I did teach Cecilia how to make some cute little Christmas dippers out of tortilla wraps...
Simply use a star shaped cookie cutter to cut the wraps, sprinkle with cayenne pepper or paprika and toast until they have a nice snap.
The cayenne pepper is SPICY though, so probably not ideal for kids... or Grandads (Louis' Grandad managed to inhale some and spent the rest of the afternoon coughing and spluttering...)
Mum made some Christmassy pretzels by dipping packet pretzel sticks in melted white chocolate and rolling them in red and green sprinkles...
Cecilia and I may or may not have scoffed the left over white chocolate during our food prep.
Other food included my homemade mackerel pate, but while it tasted delicious, it looked simply hideous in photos (how on earth do you get a pretty picture of mashed up fish with creme fraiche and lemon?!)
I also made my own guacamole...
You mash up a load of avocados (I used about 5 and it made loads) with the juice of a lime, a clove of garlic (grated or finely chopped), one chili, and salt and pepper to season.
It got a lot of compliments so I was pretty chuffed!
Cecilia was evidently very worn out from all that star cutting...
But Sarah, who hadn't lifted a finger to help, was full of beans...
Whilst all our relatives devoured the food, we took the chance to sit back and relax...
That is, until the birthday cake was made available!
A great afternoon with family. Happy birthday, boys!
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