xmas

here is our nephew thomas on his maiden voyage on his christmas bike.
the grown ups were a lot more worried than he was. he was quite happy to throw himself on and off it at will.

hehe. i won for the 4th day running. the fact that jane and kezia didn’t get any sleep last night because of my hat rustling during the night was totally worth it.
kevin looks very depressed doesn’t he !
esther wrote me a letter to congratulate me on my win.

there may have only been a couple of flakes, but enough for us to definately declare it was a white christmas !

here’s our 2004 christmas card.
previous years are here
happy christmas to you all !


click pictures to inspect in detail (regular readers will have seen these photos before!)

a pile of chocolateless advent calendars

we love our fairy. usually there’s a big fight to be the nominated individual who that year will get to place the pivotal decoration on it’s alloted place.
this year jane lifted it out the box and plonked it straight on to avoid all the hassle.

i have no clue when it comes to astheticism (i don’t know how to spell it either). i thought astheticism was something which puts you to sleep in a hospital. luckily jane supervised the tree decorating and did a terrific job.
anyway, here are esther and kezia looking very pleased with themselves in the dark by the tree (take my word for it)

this never happens so was totally worth a photo. it’s a chap at church using a cracker toy to mend a hallogen light !
crackers, bringing light to the world. official.

this massive star is hanging up in the Oracle shopping centre in Reading. i was most impressed by it.

this was like distruction art.
as i walked past it at 7 this morning, bits of merry christmas were falling off the window.