More visitors from Sydney this week, when the excellent Galvins of Bundeena arrived on Monday for 24 hours as part of their Christmas holiday in England. After a bracing walk along the seafront and the usual Old Town fun, we settled in front of the fire for a lovely long catch up while the four girls played brilliantly together. The long weekend of guests and late nights however finally took its toll, and I took to my bed for the whole of Wednesday with a shocking cold. I am NEVER ill, so it drove me nuts. I feel fine now but the cough continues to keep me up at night, as does the echo of the same hacking from Scarlett's room.
On Friday we caught up with Dad and Alexandra at Maria's to celebrate Ethan's 2nd birthday. While the little chap didn't seem to have much of a clue what was going on, we helped him set up his new train set. After present opening, we invited Dad and Alexandra back for an impromptu roast chicken dinner. On arriving home, we discovered Rob's early onset senility had struck again as for the second time in as many weeks, he had forgotten to turn on the oven before leaving the house. No problem - a curry was whipped from the freezer, rice was made and a dinner for all was on the table in 30 minutes.
On Saturday we headed for Tenterden for a special Christmas surprise for the girls, a ride on a Santa Special steam train. After several rides on a vintage carousel and a mini railway to visit the Snow Queen, we boarded the train for a fun, hour long trip through perfect wintry Kent countryside.
The kids were thrilled to find Santa and his elves on board distributing gifts, while the grown ups were 'treated' to a mince pie and alleged martini, made from martini mix and lemonade. Lots of fun and laughs with our neighbours Janice, Roger and Mathilde and with Mike and Charlie Bailey. Flo hadn't seen her godfather, Mike, since she was two so hadn't a clue who he was, so a reunion and a cuddle was definitely in order.
More Christmas mayhem this week with the girls' Christmas shows at school, a Christmas lunch in London for me, a girls' night out for me in Hastings, a quiz night for Rob and a dinner in London on Saturday night. Set doors to manual.
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