Xmas decorations are up and I didn't cry at the airport....

Wednesday the 1st December was N's last day at the animal course before xmas, and she was learning about sheep and goats. When we got home in the evening we put up the xmas decorations, really it was our only chance to do it all together as a family.

Pepper wasn't feeling in the xmas spirit, even with the xmas tunes on!

Luckily N and her Dad were

Here is N decorating the tree - very nicely too.

On Thursday Hubby was very busy finishing up last minute work stuff in his office, but we did get out to Cafe Rouge for lunch all together. N had her second piano lesson in the afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it, she couldn't wait to tell her Dad when she got home that she was moving up to the second book.

This morning N was picked up for a shopping / swimming sleepover with her friends, which left us at home to do last minute packing. Pepper was off to the dog sitters at lunch time. We had time for one last photo before we left.....

Here is M and Hubby at Thornhill (give it 16 days and they will both be browner, lets face it Hubby's Turkey tan needed topping up!)

Most of the tour party caught a pre-booked airline bus to Heathrow, but there weren't enough seats available for everyone so I had already volunteered to take Hubby to the airport myself, (extra time with him you see) and so we said goodbye to each other outside terminal 3. Now I'm known to cry at everything so I was very proud of myself when I didn't get emotional and told Hubby to go enjoy himself (not too much).