The weekend of nieces and nephews.

Yesterday Carolyn popped past with Anna and Harry to pick up sam so he could head off for a sleepover with his cousin. Great excuse to get the chocolate biscuits in from the shop (thanks Dave), out on the table (very briefly) and into our tummies (very quickly). Anna is heading into prelims and still interested in going into teaching while Harry is kicking butt by running very, very fast for a very long time, all over Scotland. Winning trophies and personal best times in his wake.

And this afternoon was filled with a lovely long, laid back visit from Lucy and Josh, hearing news about their lives, loves and miscellaneous mischief. Another excellent excuse to get even more chocolate biscuits in from the shop (thanks again Dave), out on the table (for show really) and in our tummies (again).

Living like hermits is all well and good but breaking the habit of a lifetime every so often and having mellow visitors round to scoff chocolate biscuits washed down by tea and coffee in front of the fire is what Sunday's are all about. We may even do it more.

And in other news, thank the stars that January is over.