Hot chocolate

Afternoon in our local country park.  A bit of resistance about going, no such resistance once there!  We had the place to ourselves for most of the time, probably something to do with the missly rain, and we enjoyed free reign of the place! Came home with two happy, tired boys who were so covered in mud the trousers came off before they got in the car and were washed down with the hose in the garden (trousers, not boys). 

There have been high emotions today from the youngest who woke me up at 5am very worried about our Christmas tree and what is going to happen to it. I've had to reassure him many times that we won't chop the tree down and that we can have the tree again next year (desperately hoping he will forget about this by next year, as we can't...). 

Today I'm grateful for: 
Boys who are happy outside in the rain 
Hot chocolate - it solves many things and keeps spirits up on a damp December day 
Bed time sleep over in a den this evening for the boys