christmas cake, my tree and stockings are really it for me for xmas - i'd happily go without the rest of it if i could keep those three things.

granny made the cake (yum). carpet biter 1 and granny did the decorating, i ate more than my fair share and now my big jeans are feeling smaller.

took the kids to the safari park while granny and grandad had short-lived respite from us.

the rhinos looked a bit chilly and the meerkats looked completely forlorn. but the monkeys were in fine form. we wrapped up warm and drank hot chocolate at regular intervals to keep our animal hunting spirits up.

technology breakthrough as i find the macro button that i've been looking for since november...that would be the big picture of the flower on the back of the camera, then