Simon was 30 a week or so ago! He spent his birthday weekend with friends at Center Parcs, and when I texted to wish him a Happy Birthday “OLD man” I got a quick response that he isn’t at all old – I was the one with a 30 year old son!
We had a family get to together to celebrate his birthday on Saturday, when Kate cooked us her usual superb fare. It was commented on that my seconds appeared to be the same sized portion as my “firsts”, but I couldn’t see a problem with that. In fact the only problem was that I was so busy eating that I didn’t take many photographs – not necessarily a bad thing. For the record Matthew joined us, along with Pauline, Rob and Megan and Megan’s boyfriend Matt. Ros and Dad weren’t able to make it.
Since the Dixons were there, there was discussions about apps, and of course Apple v Android.
Simon was given a remote controlled mini-helicopter which had a couple of crash landings before he got the hang of it. I’m not sure that Kate was over-impressed with this gift.
It was good to see a chair in use that I inherited from my Dad, and now Simon has inherited it, apparently having been using it for 30 years…..
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
