Wednesday 3rd December

IT SNOWED!!!

IN MORECAMBE!!

It's not supposed to snow here - we live a few yards from the sea front and the salt air is supposed to disperse the snow before it hits the house tops. But by some freak of nature, as I was driving the boys to school on Monday morning (early - also a freak of nature), it started to snow and when we got there five minutes later, it had started to stick the ground.

The reception teacher greeted Scooby and Crash with the words "Leave your coats on boys, if this stays any longer, we're cancelling assembly and going out to play!"

What a great way to start the season, which in our house isn't allowed to start until the 1st of December, then I go Christmas nuts. Every afternoon when the boys get home from school, we have been dancing around to Christmas music like lunatics.

We have four advent calendars lined up on the fireplace thanks to my mum. It was obviously Baby's first advent experience and he made me laugh when he watched me open the little door for day one, peel back the foil, and prise the chocolate out to give to him, only for him to take it, put it back in the mould and shut the door again! He did get the point of the game a few minutes later and dribbled a considerable amount of chocolate down his jumper.