Starting the build up

The amazing John Lewis Christmas ad aside, I am starting to feel very excited about the next few weeks as we have a lot on. Officially I don't get too worked up until December 1st, when the tree goes up, advent calenders start being emptied of small pieces of chocolate and our house twinkles with the zillion or so fairy lights I can't resist buying more of each year. We had a taste of what's to come this week at Maria and Lol's Thanksgiving dinner. Channeling Jack's Amertican birthright, Maria put on an amazing dinner of roast turkey with all the traditional thanksgiving trimmings. Maria greeted her 14 guests dressed as Pocahontas, while Lol was hilarious as a pilgrim father. Neighbours arrived dressed as hillbillies and Michelle Obamo, while Rob and I were cowboys, Rob sporting his original Texan Stetson.

Here is a great photo Kath took last week of Scarlett and Flo on one of the rides at the funfair. Flo's face was a picture, switching back and forth between joy and horror as the ride went up and down, whereas Scarlett's was fixed in a scream.