After the many and varied weekend escapes and school holidays, we were able to have a family dinner this week.
And Lily was here too, being quite aware of her world.
And Kelly and Glenn have another happy baby!
Cooper eating cheese.
While Cooper is enjoying some cheese, Lily seems to be looking enviously at him. She seems to be another good eater!
And Garfield the cat was still around. He's quite contented to hang around while Cooper and Lily are here, but as soon as Jake and Flynn arrive, he's under the bed for the duration. This shot shows him under the coffee table - some protection, but not like the bed.
Cooper listening, and actively engaged with, a story being told by Dandy - the story about the tree falling down, and the trucks coming along to take it away.
Yvonne with Lily - a quiet time for Yvonne with her first granddaughter. Something to which we all have to adjust - "the boys" just doesn't cover them all now.
And Natalie was here too.
Cooper figuring out how to turn on the "music machine" - it has a few keys, and pressing one of them makes it play a few notes.
Cooper is a happy chappy indeed.
Then the Crofts arrived - Jake and Flynn here with Kelly.
Jake has lost the little boy look which Flynn still shows. How quickly they grow.
And Jake is learning to tie his shoelaces - one of those skills that we learn at a young age and use the rest of our lives.
Mum and daughter.
Aunty Shell with Lily.
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