Yes its another catch up post!!

Today is the first time I've felt well since I got sick before Christmas!! Whatever that bug was it really knocked me for six!!! So here is yet another quick catch up post!!
Christmas Day - Little Prince woke us up just after 8am (wow!!!) thought it would be MUCH earlier than that lol. We had hyped him up the night before looking at the NORAD Track Santa website - he loved it :-) The kids all opened their stocking pressies downstairs, while we waited for Mr Messy to get up (he was very very tired). Once they'd opened them, and had breakfast we went to the lounge for the rest of the pressies. We spent most of the morning opening them - we take turns so we can all ooh and aah over each pressie. Little Prince was impressed with everything he got, but his mega mostest fave pressie was Yellow Power Ranger and he spent the rest of the day playing with it :-) Drama Teen was as impressed with her snazzy new mobile phone as with her Playdoh Octopus and Moonsand (yes she did ask for all those things!!!). Little Miss Sensible loved her colouring books (yes she did ask for them!!!) and Fraulein cried when she saw we'd got her an iPod Nano!! We didn't see The Boyfriend that day, but he did complain that it was embarassing to get SO many pressies, and his pile had been larger than the rest of his family's put together - whoops!!
Boxing Day - We went over to Wales for our neice's 11th birthday party. It was lovely to see everyone and catch up on what they've been up to. Its a pity we only get to see some family members at Christmas and birthdays.
Thursday - No idea I can't remember what happened!!!
Friday - As above!!!!
Saturday - Mr Messy and Drama Teen went to his mother's house and picked up Niece to take her shopping for her birthday (Boxing Day). She had told her mum earlier in the month that she was a bit fed up that her brother gets a big fuss for his birthday and her birthday gets swallowed up in Christmas. With all the sales on they had a great time, even Mr Messy!!!
Sunday - Friend's and their four kids (aged 10-16 years) came over to visit. So the house was full, noisy and a bit manic. Loads of fun though :-) Five mins after the friends left, and I was on the phone to a different friend, Drama Teen came running down the stairs yelling "They've crashed, they've crashed!!" They had apparently skidded on some mud or ice on the way out of the village and come off the road into the drainage ditch. LMS rang Mr Messy, who'd gone to fix a friend's computer and I set off to see if there was anything I could do. Luckily when I got there everyone was ok, apart from the youngest who was crying as she'd banged her head. I loaded them all into my car and brought them back to our house. Dosed the little girl with Calpol and put Shrek III on the DVD - they were all a bit shaken even though they weren't hurt, Shrek seemed like a good idea - cheer them all up and distract them a bit!! Rang a farmer friend to see if he could use his tractor to pull them out (he tried but couldn't find anywhere to tie tow ropes to so couldn't help in the end - but what a star for trying THANK YOU farmer friend). Then I went back out to their Dad who had stayed with the car, taking torches, cans of coke and thick coats. Returned home via the shop (for more coke supplies!!) and made all the kids eat something. The AA eventually arrived and towed the car out of the ditch, checked it over and pronounced it safe to drive. The ONLY damage was a light array that had popped slightly out of place!! Talk about Christmas miracles :-) I think all the fuss and palaver was too much for Niece who cried and was quite upset at bedtime, poor little mite.
New Year's Eve - I took LMS, Drama Teen and Niece to see Enchanted. Although the older girls had seen the film just before Christmas (I'd been too ill to go with them) they were happy to see it again. It was a lot of fun, just the right mix of Disney hokum and a spoof :-) Can't remember doing much else lol. Probably as I went to bed at about 8pm - still not 100% better lol. LMS went to a party at The Boyfriend's house and Fraulein went to a different party at her friend's house.
New Year's Day - The plan was for me to return Niece to Mr Messy's mum's house (who would then take her the rest of the way to Wales), and then visit my own parents, who I haven't seen for ages as they've been in Australia. Trouble was that LMS didn't get back from The Boyfriend's house (with the car) until almost lunchtime, by which time Mr Messy's mum had decided she had waited long enough and set off for Wales!! This meant that, despite all our own plans and things to do, that Mr Messy had to drive all the way to Wales to drop Niece off, over a 6 hour round trip!! Not a fabulous start to the New Year really!! He took Drama Teen with him to keep Niece company, which meant that she couldn't get on with her packing for her CLAPA Ski trip (tomorrow!!!). While they were out me and LMS emptied the huge cupboards in the lounge, ready for Mr Messy and The Boyfriend to move them around when Mr Messy got home, ready for the deliver of our Chavtastic 50" LCD TV!!! Despite being dog tired Mr Messy and The Boyfriend managed to move all the furniture round. Little Prince now has THE most expensive toy box in the world - the walnut cabinet we had custom made as a TV/display cabinet (that doesn't fit a widescreen TV!!) is now piled up with his jigsaws/train sets/lego!!! I supervised Drama Teen's packing and we even managed to get it all in the suitcase - do you know how much stuff a teen NEEDS to take on holiday with her?!?!
Wednesday - Me, Mr Messy and Drama Teen got up at 6am to take her North to meet up with the coach taking her on her skiing trip. We got to Carlisle in plenty of time, which was good as we had to hunt round for a parking space and ended up parked ages away from the meeting point. She was very happy to see all her friends and happily went off with them on the coach. Hopefully they will have some snow, as they are going as far North as Aviemore there is a pretty good chance I think :-) Trouble is I won't find out till she gets back as there is a 'technology ban' so I had to get her iPod and mobile back out of her bag and bring them home with me!! Sneaky little moo!!! She did admit she'd tried to smuggle her technology as soon as I asked and said she'd decided there was no point lying she'd just own up if asked.
Thursday - Not much happened today. Went to the supermarket to restock the cupboards that were getting a tad bare!! Especially after the invasion (and re-invasion) by our friends and their four ravenous kids :-) Got a phone call while I was out from one of my friends asking if I'd like to meet up for a coffee and chat, and jumped at the chance - sorry LMS (who was looking after Little Prince AGAIN!!). It was lovely to catch up with K, who has also been ill over Christmas so we hadn't really been up to much either of us lol.

Well there it is - caught up again. I'm going to carry on working on catching up with all my backlogged emails so hopefully you'll hear from me soon :-)