I have a line from Dr Zeuss in my head: "And when you're in a slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done"

'Slump' is a polite way to put the mood in this house right now. Snotty and stampy, moody and melodramatic, touchy and teary... we are not much enjoying our day. We're all sick and I am hormonal and sleep-deprived to boot. My batteries are so flat I am seriously struggling to take the lead and help everyone get back on track but I have to do something because it's just misery.

We are sill in jarmies, have eaten 'whatever, whenever', have had lots of stories on the couch and the kids are now in front of the Gruffalo movie. But I don't want to just leave the TV on all day. I'm stuck.

What do you do to un-slump yourself and your family?