Birthday party

Yasmine had her birthday treat today - ice skating followed by McDonald's (her choice!). She wasn't a fan of the ice, but loved the food, as did Zac - whose hair in this pic has been all statically charged by a balloon.

Yasmine is 10!

Yas turned 10 today. Here she is with her cake.

Soldier boy

We went to see Zac's school play and were allowed to take "one photo of your own child only" after the performance. This is Zac looking proud, self-conscious and shy in his "soldier" costume (looks more like a duck to me...)

Freezing

Ice on my windscreen before setting off for work.

All the fun of the fair

Tabitha and Zac on a tiny merry-go-round - it was big enough to scare Tab, though.

Yasmine couldn't come with us to the fair as she had to go to her dad's for the day. He took her to the fair, too (not much else to do round here on a winter Sunday) and when we bumped into her, he didn't want her to say hello to us. A charming man.

We babysat for Cousin Seb overnight. This is him and Zac running to Nanny's house.

Colleagues

I went for an early Christmas meal today with work colleagues. Here are two of them, rather tipsier than I (as driver) was.

There has been a hideous gap in my pictures - I kept forgetting to take any.