One rainy Sunday.

It's been raining for days now and the winter has set in properly. So we decide we needed the following to make us cheery and Ol get a little better from feeling poorly for more days than we like.

A roast dinner: check.
Roast chicken with tarragon and orange, pots, fish for Dada, carrots for Pip and broccoli for Ol. The kids being kids only ate one thing each. Carrots for Pip and broccoli for Ol. Could have been worse I suppose.
An Arsenal game: check.
Arsenal vs Chelsea. Not a good check, as Arsenal are currently losing 3-0.
A movie: check.
We watched The Jungle Book with the kids. Very nostaglic for us and the kids looked at us a little strangely when we started singing to all the songs. Oliver refused point blank to accept Mowgeli was a boy.
A toasty fire: check.
Jeff made good the work Basil the Brush, our chimney sweep (it was a toss up between him and Mr Christmas) and broke up some kindling to make our first fire. Once he'd realised the chimney vent being down was the reason for the smoke filling out the living room and not setting off the fire alarm (always reassuring), it was plain sailing.

So we feel Christmas is fast approaching and we're getting in the mood. Even Dada. Christmas miracles can happen you know....

p.s. Mr Christmas is his real name.