Christmas time mistletoe and wine

As well as being Christmas time, December also marks the end of Scarlett's first year at school. It's hard to believe 12 months has passed since she started at Annandale Public and she has had a great first year. We got her school report, which came complete with a Principal's Award. In reading, writing and counting Scarlett achieved ticks in the 'Above expected level' column and at the end of the report her lovely teacher Miss Ward wrote the following: "Scarlett has been an absolute joy to teach. She is very creative in her writing, ideas and art work and has continued to maintain a high standard of work in all academic areas. She has strong literacy skills with reading and writing. Scarlett has been so helpful in class, settling into routines quickly and demonstrating a sensible and mature attitude to classroom organisation. I have enjoyed the interesting conversations and bubbly personality that she has brought to the class." PROUD.While Scarlett has been behaving brilliantly, all the mums from her class and I did not behave well on Thursday night when we went out for a boozy Christmas dinner. We had a right laugh in a local restaurant owned by one of the mums and drank a lot of wine.
Didn't feel too chipper this morning, but had to muddle through at work before picking up Scarlett and taking her to Flo's daycare Christmas party. Santa made a fleeting appearance and handed out books to all the kids. Flo gave him a big kiss before having a face pulling contest with her best friend Sienna. (Geddit? Florence and Sienna).