It's the 7th of December and the Christmas season has started with the arrival of the Ringway Golf Club Christmas Meal Extravaganza with the Englands et al. Lynne is in Munich for the long weekend, so I am left holding the babies. Well, Rick is holding Gregory for the time being, helping me out while I sort stuff out. And Daisy is not a baby any more. But otherwise: accurate.
After we sat down for the meal, Mr Smith phones a friend and listens intently to the response. All he could hear was farmyard animal noises.
The entertainer came on just after the lunch was served, which is not conducive to keeping children seated. Gregory had already had his pureed food from a pouch and so joined me on the carpet nearby. Unfortunately, the entertainer did not impress Gregory one little bit. It might have been the volume of his voice being amplified but it had Gregory bursting into tears. He's about to do so in this photo, bless him.
He was also not happy to see Father Christmas, who was dishing out presents, but nor was Daisy (who is upset in this picture). Thus I had to carry two crying children up to Father Christmas (which Daisy believed not to be the real one in this instance) to collect their presents.
More Christmas photos to appear here in due course. Probably.
Meanwhile, Gregory continues to age and I continue to take photos.
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