Christmas Day!

And to Christmas day!  It started properly with bacon & sausage sandwiches with Bucks Fizz.  Of course!

Louis had helped finish off the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve - we kept forgetting to put the fairy on the top!

Louis will show off his belly if asked, and seemed fascinated by my belly button - sorry to subject you all to this when you're expecting a Christmas post!  

Where were we?  Of, Christmas morning!  Louis is getting better at playing by himself, and does enjoy making a mess.  Blocks, building bricks, shoes - anything that starts off in a neat pile will soon get spread about the district.  Thanks, Louis!  (He certainly is a Qatari baby at the moment - he loves sparkly lights, diggers & cars.)

Alan & Marg bought him a Cozy Coupe for Christmas - more stuff for me to assemble!  Louis loves playing with them at nursery, and has loved having one for himself!  Here he is, unwrapping.  No excitement yet...

And during assembly - thanks for the help, Louis.

Nearly finished - just a couple of screws to hold the roof rails to go!

Where was Elizabeth in all this?  Sleeping like a baby, appropriately enough! She was wonderful all day, giving us time to play with Louis, and to go out for chickens (our turkey substitute for the day) and to eat & drink.  Both the Junior Gammons were wonderful.

Although Louis was less than thrilled to be dressed up as Santa!

BRB, deliveries to make.

This next photo was earlier.  Every time I go for a coffee at LuLus Express, Louis grabs the mini-pushchair and has a push - he copies us more than we know, I'm sure!  So we bought him one, and here it is, with a special passenger!

And finally for this post, a special present.  Marc B got Emily, the daughter of his squeeze, Helen, to paint this.  It's from a picture that Jack took this summer, when we three, plus Alan & Marg, were out for fish and chips in Warwick.  So that's a lot of people represented in the gift!  We're really pleased with it - we just have to decide where to put it now!

More soon!