Full House

Alfie and Poppy finished at midday today and are now broken up for Christmas. They both arrived home with friends in tow: I had 11 children here for most of the afternoon which was fun. I like the noise and the hustle and bustle and running up and downstairs with cheese toasties and chocolate brownies. 
D worked at home in an effort to avoid infecting all his staff with his cold. He had to go to a meeting this afternoon so I got all his presents wrapped. His present for me arrived a day earlier than he was expecting so he's a bit upset that I signed for it and the (very large) box had a (very large) picture of the contents on the side of it.
Now I know what I'm getting for Christmas........

Photo was taken first thing this morning when the garden looked frosty and pretty although you can't really tell.