Xmas Singalongs.....

We went to see the Halle perform their Christmas singalong on Thursday night at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. They did all the classics. The highlight was the twelve days of Christmas which became an audience participation number and Alex loved it, diligently performing all the allocated hand and body movements, despite the fact that he was busting for the loo, real grit and determination, that's my boy.

It got us all in the Christmas mood and I'd recommend it to you if you want to do something different which doesn't involve video games, texting, dolby surround sound and popcorn. Bit of culture.

Another thing to get you in the mood if you have young kids is to look at the Norad santa tracking service. A great example that even the most serious establishment can get in the Christmas spirit and do something for the children.

On the family front, Caroline has been in a bad way this week. Her ribs took a real battering after her fall last Saturday and whilst a fracture has been ruled out, they are badly bruised and very painful. The car also took a battering this week, less said the better but an unexpected Christmas expense for me!

The kids have finished school and college respectively. Alex had a school disco at end of term, which he enjoyed and G complained bitterly at the poor scheduling of her last day as she only had one lesson mid-morning, which apparently wasn't a real lesson anyway (when she was trying to get of going), however with some persuasion, she turned out.

So, four days to go, lot's still to do. Have two and half days of work still to do and I'll be flat out right until the final whistle. I'm looking forward to a break.