I have only just recovered from having my daughter, her husband and two sons (aged 4 and 2) to stay with me for a week. They live in Luxembourg so I don't see them as often as I would like. We managed to fit an awful lot into a short week. My daughter invited her school friends and university friends to come to lunch (on different days)!! I cooked!! We had a Halloween Party with fireworks and a Bonfire Party with fireworks. I cooked!! We went to the London Eye, the London Aquarium and Chessington Zoo. We shopped for all her Christmas presents and Christmas food ingredients she can't get at home. Her boys woke up every morning around 5.00am (the one hour time difference!!). My younger daughter and husband joined us for all the activities, together with their 2 year old daughter and they are expecting another one in four weeks (C section booked for 16 December - she has a heart complaint so it's a medical one). I missed them terribly when they left to go home - but - oh the peace and quiet!!! Bliss. My house looked as though a hurricane had hit it and it took quiet a while to sort out. I went back to work for a rest!! My house is now very, very quiet and, of course, I now wish they were back. One is never satisified with one's lot!
Last weekend, in Rutland, the first statue in Britain of the late Elizabeth II was unveiled.