This month 'twas the season to do fun things, and Ella did lots of them. She went back in time at Dennis Severs' House, which she is finally old enough to appreciate. She went to the new Launch Pad at the Science Museum and made enormous bubbles. She wore Santa hats with Miles. She made puppets at the Blackheath Concert Halls with Holly and Sasha from school (Ella's was a penguin). She did her usual festive mopping of the kitchen floor (a tradition that she insists on upholding). She went skating at the Old Royal Naval College. On Christmas Day she opened lots of presents -- including, er, a fart machine. During December she read the whole of Harry Potter books six and seven (finishing the seventh on Boxing Day). On New Year's Eve she went geocaching in Dulwich with Cameron. Ella says her New Year's resolution is "to grow two centimetres". Happy 2008!