Carols and Ales.
December 2022
23 posts.
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Some blokes in a pub singing songs.
Thursday 1 December 2022
Saturday 3 December 2022
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Warming up at the beach café.
Roo with a cuddly donkey waiting for drinks. 
Rootwo with a cheesy smile
Sunday 4 December 2022
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Santasurus.
A hand-drawn Christmas dinosaur -
We put up the Christmas tree.
Roo hangs decorations on the tree while Rootwo—who has slidden himself under the tree like a mechanic under a car—adjusts something unseen at the base of the tree. -
Come on guys. Not cool.
Roo and Two literally climbing the walls
Thursday 8 December 2022
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Roo is off to her Brownie Troop Christmas party.
Roo smiling. She's wearing a party dress and a little santa hat.
Saturday 10 December 2022
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What a glorious morning.
Littlehampton beach. Frost coverd stones in the foreground.
Sunday 11 December 2022
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Pod Christmas meal.
Friends pose for the camera around a table laden with food.
Saturday 17 December 2022
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Hanging out with the boy.
Rootwo combing his hair and pulling a silly face. He's wearing his favorite dinosaur jumper.
Sunday 18 December 2022
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We all went for a walk to the park. There was thick ice in the lake. Someone had thrown a traffic cone on top, presumably to confuse the ducks.
Pedalos stuck in the frozen waters of Musebrook lake 
Swans dabbling on the only patch of unfrozen water. -
Roo was in the church Christmas thing.
Roo, mid dance. 
Rootwo, delighted to finally make it on stage.
Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Took the kids for a day out.
Roo and Two pose in the festive scene that Fishers Farm had created to advertise for free on Instagram 
Rootwo blows a raspberry while Roo looks on in quietly disguised horror. 
Roo and Two on the train ride
Thursday 22 December 2022
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Cousins are here for Christmas! We have some very excited kids who love to spend time with their cousins.
I reads a book to Rootwo who's sat on her lap.
Friday 23 December 2022
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Christmas number one. This year we’re doing multiple Christmas’ with family. This morning we opened a few presents then enjoyed a spaghetti Bolognese for lunch. Later, we braved the wind for a walk on the beach.
The kids around the tree 
Lunch! 
Rootwo opens a gift 
Esther and the kids on the beach 
The glorious sunset
Saturday 24 December 2022
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It’s Christmas Eve. After a bath the kids dressed in matching PJs. God damn they’re cute. We love you two SO much.
Roo and Two in matching PJs
Sunday 25 December 2022
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It’s Christmas morning. The kids did well, not waking until 7:30. They took turns opening their gifts from Santa.
Roo and Two surrounded by gifts on our bed, -
Christmas Day number two. This morning we went to church where the kids showed their new toys. Then I cooked lunch and we opened our presents. Rootwo was tricky later on. Merry Christmas!
The kids showing off their gifts 
Sitting down to lunch 
Roo had a brilliant day. 
Playing the cracker game
Tuesday 27 December 2022
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Christmas number three.
Dad, Katie and the kids listening to Grandma 
Roo in an old Jester costume my mom made for me when i was 8 
Playing the Jelly bean Russian roulette game -
We had a relaxed day at Grandma and Grandad’s house. My Aunty, cousin Andy and his partner Andy dropped in for a drink and to bring the kids some presents. Later, we went for a freezing walk around Chasewater. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any photos.
I’m the afternoon we spent some time with Esther, Paul and the kids. Esther made an amazing Christmas tree bake while Paul and I got excited by AI art.
A is excited by a festive bake 
Paul in space 
Roo, as rendered by a machine intelligence 
Me, looking like a red-neck
Thursday 29 December 2022
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We all went to Twycross Zoo! It wouldn’t be Christmas time without a trip to the Zoo with my mom and dad. It was cold but dry. We had a lovely time. Rootwo was obsessed with the big Gorilla 🦍.
Roo and Two at the entrance to the Gruffalo Trail 
The kids in a ski gondola 
Rootwo in the buggy. His sunglasses are on the outside of his wolly hat, making him look extra special 
A Gorilla 
Roo pushes Rootwo in the buggy 
A giraffe eating 
The glorious sunset as seen from the Zoo
Friday 30 December 2022
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While Katie and Roo went Ice Skating, me and the boy went to Little Street. He loved all of it, but he spent a load of time building a wall and then riding a police bike around and around.
Rootwo in a tiny play shop 
Rootwo looks excited by the wall he's built 
Rootwo dressed as a Police officer riding a police bike.
Saturday 31 December 2022
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Congratulations son!
Roo looks on as Rootwo looks down at his big belly. He's shoved a ball down into his onesie. -
Last Parkrun of the year. It was wet, wild and windy.
Luke, Al and me. The photo is smudged because the lens was wet.