Saturday 2 January 2010

Happy New Year!



James' first Christmas has been remarkably cold and snowy here in England. He is enjoying looking out of the window at the large snowflakes, or perhaps it is our running commentary that entertains hims so?! Today James met his other Great Grandmother, Great Nanna Charlton. We're looking forward to another longer visit with her on our next trip.

New Year's Eve was very cozy here at Granny and Jish's house in front of the fire and the telly. Tia Helen made sure that we each had 12 grapes to eat as Big Ben struck midnight. New Year's Day was spent with Great Nanna and Great Grandad. We played Trivial Pursuit and Great Nanna and Andrew's team won after some stiff competition.

James is enjoying bathtime more and more. We think that it is because the bathtub here is so big and the light fixtures in the bathroom are beautiful and distract James. He is also learning to eat rice cereal from a spoon. Today Granny fed him and with her experience was much better at it than Mummy or Daddy! Tia Helen walked around with him making sure that he has lots of time to look at the Christmas Tree and in the mirror which James loves. We will be sad to leave tomorrow to go back to Reading.