Over for another year

So that's it for another year. Paper in the bin, turkey gradually being eaten and work calling.

Christmas morning: Kieron would be woken at 6 by me in later years as I'm always excited to see his face and Callums. Jade is usually at her dads until mid-afternoon, so it's just me and the boys. Kieron jumps on Callum to wake him and the boys go into the lounge to see what presents they have. A festoon of paper later, they disappear onto the XBox, leaving me with the glorious wreckage.

Lunch round a decorated table, with Kieron doing the cracker jokes, lopsided paper hat on his head continually falling over his face.Vegetables left, pigs in blankets devoured with requests for more. Sticky toffee pudding as neither of my boys like anything with mincemeat in, slathered in cream.

More presents swopped once Jade gets home, followed by Christmas tv and occasional snoozes before feeding time again. A perfect day.

This year, Callum and I had dinner in front of the tv, waiting for Jade. Always waiting now for Kieron.