1. Seeing the boys enjoy meeting Santa. (Our last few experiences have been tears and chronic shyness.)
2. Joe Marler being the smartest person in the room.
3. Dylan Llwellyn and his mum in Celebrity Race Across The World.
4. The interviews in Adolescence.
5. The goodness of Leonard and Hungry Paul.
6. Tim Key's character in The Ballad of Wallis Island.
7. Dylan going electric in A Complete Unknown.
8. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's performance in The Smashing Machine.
9. Bob and Ayoade's face-off in Last One Laughing.
10. Rob and Romesh Vs.
11. The penultimate episode of White Lotus season 2.
12. Javi coming back to Watford.
13. Tuchel finding the formula with England.
14. Chloe Kelly's run-ups.
15. Hampton's saves.
16. England lifting the cup.
17. KJT winning bronze.
18. Ferdia Lennon's Glorious Exploits and Wild Houses by Colin Barrett were my favourite fiction books this year. No one writes like the Irish.
19. Rob Delaney's A Heart That Works was such a moving piece of non-fiction.
20. I loved Rob Beckett's A Class Act: his dissection of class made me think about my own experience of class, particularly at uni.
21. Audiobooks. Libby and Borrowbox are free and it means I listen across genres, experiencing books I wouldn't normally.
22. Going to the library with the boys.
23. Tim Hortons on a Saturday. Unbelievable value: £5 all in for my coffee and their breakfast.
24. My Thursday drive home with my mum.
25. Adam Riches and John Kearns as Boe and Ball.
26. Darren Harriot's radio series on fatherhood.
27. Podcast interviews with people that aren't normally on podcasts. I really loved listening to Ben Elton on The Rest is Entertainment and Kate Winslet on Kermode and Mayo's Take.
28. Marina and Richard skewering Simon Cowell on their podcast.
29. I feel I'm getting closer to James Joyce's Ulysses. Last year I listened to a radio drama and this year Stephen Fry's Odyssey. I'm going to go back to Joyce when I retire.
30. James Acaster's 'meltdown' on Saturday Kitchen.
31. Having a dishwasher - it used to be me.
32. Watching the boys run round our house giggling.
33. We had a wonderful time in our last home: I proposed to Harriet there and brought the boys home, but it was the right time to say goodbye to it. We really like our new home.
34. Kit enjoying school.
35. Jude beginning to get used to nursery.
36. Seeing the boys perform. (Admittedly, Jude's performance involved yawning, showing his belly and reaching for sleigh bells at inopportune moments, but he didn't cry so that was a result.)
37. Going to the scarecrow festival.
38. Having a scarecrow made of me for my 40th birthday. (I really like Flamsted's Scarecrow Festival so my mother-in-law and children making it was a highlight.)
39. Going to Liverpool with Harriet for my 40th.
40. Bowling with the family.
41. Watching the boys go down the water slides.
42. Playing pirates with Kit in Wells on-the-sea.
43. Fish and chips on Staithes beach.
44. Our boys arguing over who is going to be Mark Clattenberg when we play Gladiators.
45. Bombay mix. (I'm addicted.)
46. Burger and fries Friday.
47. The build-up to Christmas.
48. A Christmas card from a student who you didn't think would give you a Christmas card.
49. Seeing the Year 11s come in fancy dress on their last day of school.
50. The school's Christmas Carol production: written, scored, choreographed and directed from different teachers. Incredible talent on and off the stage.
51. 'Murdering' Harriet at The Traitors Experience.
52. Dolly Alderton's Good Material was the funniest book I read this year.
53. Discovering new things about books I've taught for years.
54. I work with such great people.
55. I'm enjoying teaching this year.
56. Harriet passing her Senior Leaders qualification with a score of 90%.
57. Cuddling up with Kit on the sofa to read a book.
58. Jude saying, 'I love you.'
59. Talking to Jim on the phone.
60. Dec's birthday present of Stewart Lee tickets.
61. Being asked to be an usher at Dec and Beth's wedding.
62. Being asked to be a Best Man for my brother, who is the very definition of 'best man.'
63. The one-year-old who invaded the stage at the children's panto and attempted to bring the backdrop down.
64. Kit enjoying photography, just as his grandad did.
65. My cousins celebrating births and marriages.
66. Quizzing with Harriet.
66. Rod and Allyson getting their new home ... finally.
67. Andy winning Joke of The Fringe.
68. BBQs in the garden.
69. A Sunday Roast.
70. Karen winning Strictly
71. Claudia Winkleman camping it up on The Traitors.
72. Kit reading his first full book.
73. The boys getting a certificate at school.
74. Kit climbing high.
75. Jude repeating what we say.
76. Marshmallows in hot chocolate.
77. Putting the disco light on and schooling my children in what good music sounds like.
78. New Year with the gang.
79. Hiring bikes and having Jude on the back.
80. The enthusiasm of my new tutor group.
81. Reading a book on the coach to PGL.
82. Kit and Jude have four pictures in their room arranged near each other: Morecambe and Wise, Laurel and Hardy, The Two Ronnies and then them underneath - it always makes me smile.
83. I have high hopes for the boys. They have their moments, but I see within them the kindness and sensitivity that should hopefully make them fine young men. Fingers crossed.
84. The hands I hold fit just right.
85. The fruit and veg guy in Sainsbury's who always makes a fuss of the boys.
86. The lovely ladies in The Works who always give the boys a sticker at the till.
87. The staff at the boys school: they have high expectations for learning and fun.
88. Kit's footballing skills have improved. (The bar was pretty low, but there are signs he won't be picked last. Second from last, but not last.)
89. Match of the Day has the highlights without the punditry on IPlayer earlier. I can watch the best of the action without the commentary and be lights out by 10.30.
90. I made a guest appearance on the Watford fans podcast. I've listened for years, so it was great to be on there for a few minutes.
91. Going away to Swansea with my brother to watch Watford play. We had a long chat in the car, a good night out at a brewery and then saw Irankunda score a great free-kick.
92. Seeing Kit's face when he came down and saw the tree.
93. Having family sat around the table.
94. The first chocolate of Advent.
95. I assembled a book case in record time. I'm completely impractical so this was quite an achievement. The next day I then drilled too far into the bedroom wall that it made a hole the other side.
96. Watching Danny Dyer and Jade Thirwall on The Assembly.
97. My dad always used to tell me to wear thermals when I played football. I never listened. This Christmas I asked for thermals. I think he would be proud to know I own a pair of Long Johns.
98. That moment where both boys are asleep and I get to watch the tele with Harriet.
99. I'm learning new things through work. I've never really read any Sylvia Plath but am teaching her poems from Ariel next year. It's nice to read books and research her to discover something new myself.
100. Some lovely things to look forward to next year.
