You may have noticed that Kelly, Glenn and family were missing from the Woronora section. They were otherwise engaged, so Kelly still didn't know that Keiran was back. And neither did the Currey's, where we were having Christmas dinner! So we had to repeat some of the subterfuge.
Kelly and Glenn (with Tynan and Cooper) beat us to the Currey's in Engadine. Just as we were getting out of the car, Glenn comes down the Currey's driveway. A quick dash to the floor of Peter's car for Keiran as we shut the doors and head towards Glenn. Even worse, Glenn is heading to Kelly's car, parked immediately in front of Peter's! So Peter followed him up as a distraction. Fortunately that worked, and Glenn did not see Keiran. We then all continued on inside, knowing that Keiran would be in within a minute or so.
We said our hellos, but then just as Keiran was about to enter the front door, Kelly came down the stairs! Keiran made a quick dash into the bushes, and fortunately remained unseen. When Kelly returned upstairs, I signalled "coast clear" to Keiran, then took up videographer position in the back yard, where Kelly was located. Keiran sneaked into the kitchen, where Cecelie was; she was very surprised, but whatever Keiran said/did, she made no noise. Keiran came out to the yard, and Kelly's surprise was every bit as good as the earlier episode at Woronora.
Little Cooper all dressed in his blue outfit - looks like what I think used to be called a sun suit. Although he can crawl, he doesn't crawl unless there is a real incentive; mostly that's food! However, he is quite strong, and starting to want to stand up. He'll pull himself up using some piece of furniture. And even here he is mostly holding himself up, though balance is a little bit unstable at present. But he doesn't know how to get down yet, so assistance is required for that part of the act.
Good to see that Glenn is instilling the appropriate attitude in Cooper. Note that the bottle was empty, and also had the cap screwed on, so Cooper was quite safe from the demon drink. For now.
By now it was time for dinner, so we settled down at the table. And Cooper, lover of food, knew what was coming, and is wondering why he doesn't have any food yet! Not that the rest of us had any either, as serving was just beginning.
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Ah, the unintentional panorama shot. From the end of the table I could not photograph everybody, so I took two shots, one of each side of the table. And as my chair was against an outside wall, I could not move back further. Looking at the photos, I realised I could join them into a panorama. Note that the join goes through Peter Currey, but it's not too bad. And Cecelie is missing from the shot - no doubt attending to some other aspect of our meal.
Cooper looking at his mum - probably after more food. He is quite the food vacuum cleaner. As is pretty evident.
Cecelie's in this photo of the table as we are all digging into the delightful meal which the Currey's always provide. Thanks to Cecelie, Peter and Louise.
Santa At Woronora
2006