It would appear that the wee girl who twisted her foot maybe actually broke it. She went for x-rays this morning, and she has to go back on Friday to see if it is actually broken or if it is just an anomaly in the foot and the sprain is causing the swelling.
Great. 
I had to make a special trip to the recycling today t get rid of the acres of cardboard that came with all his pressies. What the heck is with all that packaging? It's not necessary. For gods sakes you have to CUT your way into most of the toys!
We currently have a test tube alien growing on the kitchen window shelf. Nice.
In other news, I don't think I told you that my FILs brother died last week. His funeral was this morning. My poor FIL was knocked sideways when he was told B had died, so close on the heels of my MIL. Apparently he had an anuerism burst in his stomach. I have no idea what that is, but it sounded painful.
Just bought two new Xmas trees.
One is a light-tube (what is the proper word for them?), spiralling down from a glass star, and as the spiral goes down, there are glass bulbs hanging from it. Triangular shape. that is supposed to be for outside but I think it is too fragile afer all. Perhaps I will put it in the small hall.
The other is a standard green tree, fibre optic, which will save me decorating a tree for the living room. The kids decorate the one for the playroom (save us!) and I am considering a real one for the big hall that I can then plant out in the garden after the event. I reckon a 12' one will look nice.
