So we were looking forward to having the whole brood under the same roof for a few days, we spent a fortune on food/ booze/ prezzies and crap to amuse them all (24 year old son who lives away, 16 year old tractor driving son who now lives away, 15 year old moody daughter, 5 year old IT genius (geek) son, 3 year old future England Rugby playing daughter and the mother-in-law from 'Gin Land' )
All was ticking along nicely untill........
Rapidough!!
Then it all kicked off!
5 year old got upset that we laughed at his tree and went to bed sulking
3 year old ate some play dough felt sick and also went to bed
Eldest accused 16 year of being a retard for not guessing his blob of sausage shaped play dough was a submarine
16 year old accused moody 15 year old of taking more play dough than they did ( its a complex game where if you lose a round you take a chunk of the apposing teams dough)
Eldest 3 kids continued arguing which nearly ended in fisty cuffs and mother in law from 'Gin Land' got so upset over it all she needed her inhaler
The outcome?...
Mrs Max kicked off big time telling them all how 'shellfish' they were and then sat outside where she demolished another bottle of wine
Eldest went to sleep in disgrace for being a tosspot
16 year old sneaked off for a crafty fag
15 year old went off with her Ipad
Me?.... I smoked a cigar, drank a bucket full of Fosters and thanked the Lord another Christmas was over