Christmas week...

Was spent at Adrian and Sarah's with our neices: Isabelle, Natasha and Imogen, with Christmas day at the folks. Threatened the girls with dire 'all you'll get is coal' consequences if they got us up before 7am on Christmas day and was woken at 6.30 by lous whispenring of 'he's been' and 'but we can't open anything till 7' at 6.30 and so feeling guilty we all got up!
Great Xmas lunch with a goose AND a turkey and all the trimmings, lovely, as well as great food on Xmas eve and boxing day: we were well victualed.
Played alot of poker with the adults which, I think, is a good life skill to acquire!
Very lovely and strangely relaxing few days even with the kids excitment - or maybe because of - after all in the end is what it's all about.