The advice was to get some rest

Seems they took it quite seriously, except it was for me, not them! 

Woke up still feeling bad, had a sneaky sleep mid-morning. Christmas has been re-arranged, we're no longer the hosts, Christmas dinner is being sent to Stamford tomorrow to be cooked by Grandpa! We'll be home alone just the 4 of us. 

Managed to sneakily paint a fire place while the husband had a post lunch snooze, he didn't realise until I confessed this evening (and got into trouble for not resting). 

Boys have been pretty bored, but have come up with all kinds of games as a result, including a teddy bears picnic, which took a lot of arranging and they were very proud of.