We've been out driving looking at lights (to a chorus of Entropy Girl's "oh, wow! wow!"), the kids have been bathed and tucked into their new Christmas PJs (reindeer for the Boy Wonder, snowglobes for Entropy Girl), the Night Before Christmas has been read and the babes are snuggled into their beds after one last check of the Norad Santa tracking radar. As I type this I am nibbling on a carrot trying to make the best reindeer-esque teethmarks I can and being sure to leave as many crumbs as respectable on the cookie plate. The stockings are filled, the presents wrapped and piled precariously below the tree, leaving ample room for train tracks and one slightly too curious cat.

Sleep in heavenly peace.