Tuesday 22 December 2009

Christmas snapshots

Snapshot *1

My parents are at the table, enjoying a post-dinner glass of wine.  Dad looks across at Mum as he opens the second bottle of the evening, and says:

"I think, when one of us dies, I'm going to have to give up drinking..."


Snapshot *2

I've spent the morning in and out of the snow with the Boys.  We have thrown snow-balls (well, not snow 'balls' per-se - since the snow is very un-Britishly too powdery and dry for that - more handfuls of the stuff scraped off the top of the garden table or up off the grass and which, to be honest, are far more effective than snow-balls at properly soaking your opponents), got freezing hands and noses, and generally revelled in the unexpected white pre-Christmas.  We are, frankly, snowed-up to the max.

After defrosting ourselves and drinking a warming cup of hot chocolate, I kit the Boys up again, ready to make a trip to the shops.  We walk to the door.  I open it, revealing the snowy scene outside again.  Boy *2, standing behind me, gasps.

Me:  "What is it, Boy *2?"

Boy *2:  "SNOW!!!"

12 comments:

  1. wouldn't it be great to be able to meet stuff with the same innocent enthusiasm that kids do. And your poor dad, going to have to give up drinking when he dies. no fair. you'll have to promise to bury him with a bottle.

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  2. Sounds like the perfect day to me. Lovly

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  3. Genius comment from your dad. And boy #2. They must be related ;-)

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  4. Love your dad's comment.

    Haven't you gone yet?

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  5. Aw, you are having such an excellent holiday. It's lovely to hear about it, thank you.

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  6. Your dad's comment is a classic! Happy Christmas!

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  7. It's like he was excited all over again! How cute!

    (And your father needs to stop drinking now. :-)

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  9. Bit like a puppy, they can leave the room and when they come back in it's as if they haven't seen you for a year!
    Still trying to figure out the drinking quote. Does that mean that he won't feel the need to drink? No, I'm sure not.

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  10. Aw, loving the innocent comedy genius of your dad's comment!

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  11. Heather, it would, wouldn't it? And as for being buried with a bottle, well obviously!

    Madhouse, thanks!

    DG, funnily enough, yes they are... (and glad you got the comment!)

    Iota, I knew you'd get it. And no, we haven't - give me a couple of weeks though and we're gone...

    HB, you can rely on me to share too much information!

    TW, yes, I loved the assumption that mum would go first... (which is really where the humour lies since in reality, that's VERY unlikely)

    Lisa, does he? What does that mean for the rest of us though?

    EPM, it's more that he was referring to the unlikely possibility that he would outlast her. Extreeeeeeemely unlikely.

    Thanks Blog-a-bye, for visiting and commenting!

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