Lazy Day

We had a day off. Firstly, to a garden centre in Esher, which had the biggest display of Christmas tatt stuff I've ever seen - including two rather miserable looking reindeer. 

We had lunch there. It was packed and noisy and I felt my festive spirit evaporating with every moment we were there.

Just along the road we found an oasis of calm in the park at Claremont. N had a good run around and the solitary black swan looked just right on the pond in the grounds.

Back home, Grandma, Mum and N spent  quite a while trying to construct a Gingerbread House from a kit. My contribution was getting it to stand up. It's in the extras.