These photos were taken on Hogmany.  The boys (who were living in their chainmail) made an airport out of wooden blocks:

 

Evan made the control towere all by himself:

Hurricane Arlo approaching!

Also on Hogmany, we all went along to a pantomime.  It was ‘Cinderella’ and it was a really good panto, with performances just the right side of hammy, a good few musical turns and some nifty wee production details.  The boys insisted on wearing their armour to the performance.

On New Year’s Day, Ant, Ali, Jon and Jess came to feast with us along with Ali’s dad, John, and his wife, Gill.  We ate a selection of pies for our main course and then dessert was a chocolate fountain.  The kids had a blast with it:

Could Arlo look any more envious?

Seriously, the baby is trying to use telekenesis to transport that strawberry into his mouth:

Jonathan:

Chocolate coated Aidan:

Some of us then took a walk up Old Sarum.  This is (obviously) Arlo and me:

Especially after all those pies, our shadows were the only skinny thing about Chris and me:

Jon:

Jessica:

Aidan:

Heather:

Aidan in the sunset:

Arlo home again, warming up after the walk:

Once we returned to our own home, we had to find homes for all the new possessions.  This is Chris with the Roman glass jar I bought him:

The boys had fun playing with their armour and weapons in the “snow” (which was actually layers of ice):

Meanwhile, Arlo played on the baby gym in his jammies: