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i had the most amount of exercise since sam was born today - somehow managed to walk the coastal path 3 times (probably about 6 miles in total) with sam strapped to me! i had intended to do it twice but forgot the car keys on the way back so had to trek back to the swimming pool where g had the kids, then sent him to get the car while we went to the park cafe for lunch, where we bumped into my sister. they had been to see the house they are in the process of buying, just down the road from us - hooray!!

then another christmas party (with a very dubious santa - his beard was like a roll of cotton wool that had literally been unravelled and stuck onto his chin) and home to the couch for 'the polar express'. i'm quite enjoying these cosy dark afternoons in front of the telly with the kids. feel too guilty to do much of that the rest of the year.