The tiny force that is more commonly known as Alice is wreaking havoc on the festive decorations. With excited yells of "ball" as our only forewarning, Christmas baubles are flying past us at regular intervals. She is very, very excited by the new 'toys' that appeared yesterday.

By the end of tomorrow I reckon our wee tree is going to be a bit battered and unbalanced, as all the decorations get retrieved from the floor and hung on out of reach branches.