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Started the day with the whole family going for a walk - mainly because everyone was at everyone else’s throats and I knew getting us all outside would improve things. I was right too - and not just because Freddy and George didn’t actually come home until about 4pm We had a chat with a woman who caught us staring at her house (we were trying to work out if the cat on her windowsill was an ornamental one or a real one - but it blinked just as she opened the window and wished us Merry Christmas, so that settled it LOL)

Toby fell asleep in the Storchie - he usually only falls asleep while nursing, so that was a pleasant surprise. He slept for a while after we got home too, so I got a chance to spend some time with Barney, doing more of our Christmas jigsaw puzzles. Scratchy hovered too, but Freddy and George went off out to play with friends. Jack loves jigsaws, but he hasn’t quite got the concept - he insists on putting pieces together as long as they fit together, regardless of what the pictures on them are - so we mostly tried to keep him out of it

After lunch (for those that deigned to come home for it!), Scratchy went off to buy (yet more) groceries - the man’s a glutton for punishment - in fact he even asked if he should go toToys’R'Us! Should I have him committed?) and I read some email, fed Toby, cleaned up the kitchen, fed Toby… you know how my days usually go. We all sat down together and watched a DVD, then I started preparing the veg for tomorrow. Meanwhile Barney made more cranberry muffins - for tomorrow’s breakfast - and George made dinner. Yep - my eight-year-old made dinner. Penne with a tomato sauce (which he also made) and crumbled feta cheese. He did pretty well too - had to be shown a couple of things (like how to use a can-opener) but otherwise he was fairly independent. He did manage to splash boiling water all over the back of my hand while stirring the pasta, but immediate administration of cold water and lavender oil seems to have prevented much damage. He was very shocked at having done it - I think it bothered him more than me. But we both got over it, and dinner was delicious

The boys are all now in bed, though not asleep. They’d better zonk out soon, because I do believe Santa still has a substantial amount of wrapping to do…

Right. That’s me done blogging until Christmas (probably), so…