yeah yeah i know its not tuesday but its tuesday on my christmas daily post thing…im only a day behind which i think is fairly good going….
so on tuesday we went to visit my friends Alan and Helen and caught up with them and their lovely family. So my ten is going to be about them….see if i can manage it…
1. I have known the Founds for getting on for about 14 years.
2. Helen makes the most incredible cakes/cookies/brownies and it seems such an effortless thing for her to do..she usually says things like 'i just have these mocha, choca, lotta cakes that i made this morning..'
3. I have babysat their kids on quite a few occasions in the past. I once took them all to Mcdonalds for lunch (the kids that is)..i think their parents knew that!
4. I have had some of my most treasured summer moments hanging out at their caravan at stoneleigh.
5. We have had both their now grown up sons visit us independently in Liverpool….something im quite pleased about, that they don't think we are weird friends of their parents..(well they might think that..but they are good at keeping it quiet)
6. They live on the steepest hill..its a wonder the houses in the street don't all fold into each other like people on a wurlitzer…
7. We have had many many long conversations…sometimes about the deepest parts of the soul and sometimes about nothing much at all….
8. Alan famously said to Ben and I when we were expecting Isaac, his chosen gold nugget of parenting advice to us was this…He asked….'have you ever been tired..'
We both looked at each other and said 'well, i think i have..yes'
To which Alan replied 'in a years time when your baby is however many months old you will think …i have never been tired'
9. Their daughter was a bridesmaid at my wedding, she was really very cute. She is now a lot bigger but still very sweet. I remember that we were shopping for bridesmaids dresses in Canterbury on September 11th 2001…..when i heard two shop assistants talking….
10. They have a new sofa now…we miss the old one..it used to suck you down like a vacuum….getting up was always a bit of fun….apparently they put it on the road for the council but someone passed by and asked if they could take it…
it lives on…..
lunch time….i think Isaac may be holding that wall up..or stuck to it….
Joel the baby whisperer…..
'sorry.. we are only interested in the baby'……except Alan of course who i think is having a wee power nap….
Jemimah laying on the charm. I have the same picture, i think, of Joel and Rach with Matilda when they came to visit us. These two love the wee babba stage. Guys, there will be no more small James babies..so if you want to have more cuddles come visit us……….quick!
The very lovely emma, who wore her jammies all day…so i think would also fit in very well in our home town 🙂
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