Mulled Wine and Mince Pies

We had our midwinter party last night and served up mulled wine and mince pies. Yummy! Really good mulled wine too - all 30 glasses (don't worry I wasn't drinking alone). We had a good turnout despite coughs and colds keeping some people away. One down side of a mild climate is that it never quite gets cold enough to kill the bugs. Ethan had his first adult party too. He had just gone to bed when the first guests arrived but hadn't gone off to sleep. He informed me that he couldn't sleep as it was "too busy" so he had to get up for a while and feast on crisps and heavily diluted mulled wine. It must have been about 9 o'clock before we persuaded him back to bed. Imogen is teething so she was up shortly after ethan went to bed so it wasn't quite the kid free evening we had been hoping for.

I scored my first goal at soccer today. What was even better was that the family were there to see it! Unfortunately we had some rain for the first time this season so Ian to take shelter with the kids for a while. It was a good morning nonetheless. We came back to clear up the debris from the party before entertaining an old colleague of Ian's from his first job here. Busy weekend all in all and we still have Sunday to go.