Kids....full power shower right now.....No, that's not fair...

Lucky you don't live in London...you'd be shocked....$35 is for water.

Wow, no expense spared. And the winner's prize? Kudos with batteries and spare bulbs included. But this is modest and restrained compared to some of the stuff we've seen in Dallas Texas. Quite extra-ordinary displays, with 10,000 to 100,000's budget with professional teams of installers (and I jest not).

Think we've seen this gate before, but not with these lights. Lovely sunset reds to the right and the night sky on the left.

'Going down...Great model and shot. Love the use of 'Strato' around this time - Fender Stratocaster, Boeing Stratocruiser etc. etc. (Well I don't know any more etc's but two examples is more than enough IMHO with my fake journo's hat on).

It's only recently that I've realised she'd have had to pay a healthy premium to get those jeans pre-slashed.

Yes, great, and a perfect focus on the David like big hand.

I'm not sure I'm looking forward to the "I'm at College now sunshine, so grow up" look from my girls. It's not so far away.... But this is not that look, I'm sure.

Russian face painting! Like a Russian doll....maybe....maybe not....

Wonderful times. Fed up with spending £90 for a 8ft tree locally, we went to Ikea. £25 for a tree, plus £20 voucher back for spending after Christmas. So £5! WIN WIN WIN......we thought..... However, the three is rather small (6ft) and the girls were not happy. We've put it on a table to give it more presence. And room for more presents to make up for our heinous act.