We had a lovely, relaxing Christmas. The day was warm and we did very little. The kids opened their presents after lunch and the little microscope Andrew got them was a real hit. They found a few things to look at including muddy water, pebbles and grass seeds. The microscope has a dissecting/confocal option as well as light microscopy. It also came with some prepared slides to look at, like salt crystals, mouth smear and pollen. In the afternoon we also used up 3 over ripe bananas and made a banana cake from scratch and had roast beef for dinner with roasted vegetables. Both kids enjoyed the Bon Bon crackers and wearing the paper crowns and toys that came out of them.