• william waking me up at 5am
• making everyone tea in the morning
• how excited william was to open his guitar
• remind myself to buy others more presents next year!
• alice crying at 1. polar express 2. her cath kidston presents 3. gavin and stacey
• those coloured cones that made the fire go blue
• mum and dad drinking and cooking in the kitchen
• everyone napping and falling asleep
• mum and dad sat on the floor playing records on mum's new record player, and alice sleeping through it
• everyone in bed by 11pm, too full and sleepy to stay up even more

boxing day

• waking up to mum and dad playing records 'message in a bottle' and 'edge of seventeen'
• another lie-in, never slept this much!!

new year

• walk up to the mill at midnight, mulled wine, setting off paper lanterns, snow falling at 12.01