Feels strange to begin with - J&J & baby E away doing their thing with cousins Charlotte Rose and Amelia, all the Lawrences away at Emerald Beach and Davey away in the UK celebrating Christmas with friends in Bristol. Rob and I start the day quietly with a long walk and Rob digs out really old family videos from Christmases a LONG time ago, the ones the kids hate but which are looking better with each passing year!
He burns a couple of them to DVD and we play them for big O before lunch. He is mesmerised watching Josh & Davey cracking their early adolescent phase jokes and having after Christmas lunch water fights in our GREEN front garden (this footage at least 16 years old).
We noticed that as a rule Ollie loved Angus' presents the best, and Angus loved Ollie's the best.
Although Ollie thought his Tyrannosaurus Rex hand puppet was pretty cool.
Angus really loved Ollie's new bike.
And they both loved Jeremy's "wocket launcher" the best of all.
Angus had a fall soon after arriving for lunch, which explains the red mark on his forehead. Ollie scraped his shin hard as he came off a chair at the wrong angle. Overall it was a pretty exciting Christmas for the boys and for us.
Our thoughts are with all our absent family members. We missed you and wish you a lovely Christmas celebration too.
He burns a couple of them to DVD and we play them for big O before lunch. He is mesmerised watching Josh & Davey cracking their early adolescent phase jokes and having after Christmas lunch water fights in our GREEN front garden (this footage at least 16 years old).
We noticed that as a rule Ollie loved Angus' presents the best, and Angus loved Ollie's the best.
Although Ollie thought his Tyrannosaurus Rex hand puppet was pretty cool.
Angus really loved Ollie's new bike.
And they both loved Jeremy's "wocket launcher" the best of all.
Angus had a fall soon after arriving for lunch, which explains the red mark on his forehead. Ollie scraped his shin hard as he came off a chair at the wrong angle. Overall it was a pretty exciting Christmas for the boys and for us.Our thoughts are with all our absent family members. We missed you and wish you a lovely Christmas celebration too.
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Things I'm amazed by:
1. That the horrible video from the ghost of Christmas past still exists - surely Joshy and I would have done away with it years ago?
2. That Rob knows how to burn a video to DVD! I wouldn't even know where to begin.
3. That Ollie managed to remain interested in a video when there were so many presents afoot. Perhaps out jokes weren't so bad after all? No I'm kidding, I know how bad they were.
Did Ollie realise who he was watching Judy?
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